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1 ORDINANCE NO. 45-66::g5? 2 3 AN ORDINANCE regulating the sale of tobacco products and amending Ordinance No. 295-74 by the addition of a new 4 chapter. 5 THE CITY OF EVERETT DOES ORDAIN: 6 7 Ordinance No. 295-74 is hereby amended by the addition of a new chapter 8 regulating the sale of tobacco products which chapter shall read as follows: 9 Section 1 : Legislative Intent. 10 The City Council finds that the use of tobacco products, and in 11 particular cigarette smoking by minors, is a continuing problem with grave 12 social consequences. In recognition of the Surgeon General 's recent report 13 finding cigarette smoking is as addictive as cocaine and heroin, it is the 14 consensus of the medical and public health community and the Surgeon General 15 of the United States that the use of tobacco, especially in the form of 16 cigarette smoking, is a public health problem of the highest priority, 17 resulting in the premature death of more than 300,000 persons annually in 18 this nation through cancer, health disease and other causes. It is 19 Ymperative to take more vigorous enforcement action to implement the 20 existing prohibition of sales to minors. We seek to act now to avoid public 21 and private cost of future health care for youths who develop the habit of 22 smoking in adolescence. Tobacco products, and especially cigarettes, are 23 often available to persons under the age of eighteen (18) . The City Council 24 further finds that decades of experience with the present system of 25 prohibiting sales of tobacco products to minors has proven significantly 26 defective. The City Council seeks to develop a strict, comprehensive, 27 effective and enforceable system to control the sale of tobacco products to 28 minors. 29 Section 2: Definitions. 30 2.1 "Retailer" means any person, firm, association, company, 31 partnership or corporation who operates a store, stand, booth, concession or 12