Resolution 2010-069
RESOLUTION NO. 2010 - ~
A RESOLUTION BY THE COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS URGING LOCAL RETAILERS SELLING TOBACCO
PRODUCTS, TO REFRAIN FROM SELLING AND MARKETING FLAVORED
TOBACCO PRODUCTS, WHICH TEND TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE
UNDERAGE AND/OR YOUTHFUL CONSUMPTION.
WHEREAS, tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United
States, and almost 90 percent of tobacco users started before they were 18 years old; and
WHEREAS, each day, more than 4,000 young people try smoking for the first time,
and another 2,000 youth become regular daily smokers; and
WHEREAS, the Surgeon General has concluded that tobacco advertising greatly
contributes to youth smoking rates; and
WHEREAS, an estimated one third of adolescent experimentation with smoking can
be directly attributed to tobacco advertising and promotional activities; and
WHEREAS, the Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) reached in 1998 between state
Attorneys General and major tobacco companies forbids cigarette manufacturers from directly
or indirectly targeting youth in advertising, marketing and promotion of tobacco productions
aimed at initiating, maintaining or increasing youth smoking; and
WHEREAS, internal tobacco industry documents strongly suggest that manufacturers
intentionally target youth through use of candy-like flavors in tobacco products; and
WHEREAS, research from the Harvard School of Public Health (published November
2005) found that cigarettes makers are targeting young smokers with new candy and liqueur-
flavored brands that mask the harsh and toxic properties found in tobacco smoke. Tobacco
companies use youth-oriented colorful and stylish packaging, and exploit adolescents'
attraction to candy flavors with names such as "Mandarin Mint," "Winter Warm Toffee," and
"Twista Chill;" and
WHEREAS, national studies have found that the vast majority of people who are
using these flavored tobacco products are youth and young adults; and
WHEREAS, some of these tobacco products, specifically flavored cigars and blunt
wraps are also used as drug paraphernalia for the smoking of marijuana; and
WHEREAS, flavored tobacco products are defined as loose tobacco including snuff
flour, plug and twist tobacco, fine cuts, chewing tobacco, snus, shisha tobacco, smoking or
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snuffing tobacco products, and all other kinds and forms of tobacco, including but not limited
to cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco products, and blunt wraps prepared in such a manner
with the purpose of chewing, inhaling, smoking or ingesting in any manner in which the
product or any of its component parts (including the tobacco, filter, or paper) contain, as a
constituent (including a smoke constituent) or additive, an artificial or natural flavor (other
than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice, including but not limited to, strawberry, grape,
orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry,
coffee, or alcohol flavors, that is a characterizing flavor of the tobacco product or tobacco
smoke.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOL YED BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS OF COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA, that it urges all local retailers
who sell tobacco products to cease the sale and marketing of all flavored tobacco products,
which are defined as loose tobacco including snuff flour, plug and twist tobacco, fine cuts,
chewing tobacco, snus, smoking or snuffing tobacco products, and all other kinds and forms
of tobacco, including but not limited to cigarettes', cigars, smokeless tobacco products and
blunt wraps prepared in such a manner with the purpose of chewing, inhaling, smoking or
ingesting in any manner which have been flavored through the addition of natural or artificial
flavorings, herbs, spices or other means with flavors characterizing fruit, candy, alcohol or
other similar flavorings with the exception that menthol will not be included in this definition.
THIS RESOLUTION ADOPTED after motion, second and majority vote favoring
same, this the 23rd day of March, 2010.
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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
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Scott R. Teach, Deputy County Attorney
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