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Agenda 03/23/2010 Item #16H 8Agenda Item No. 16H8 March 23, 2010 Page 1 of3 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 Page I of2 Agenda Item No. 16H8 March 23, 2010 Page 2 of 3 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 RESOLVED 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. ATTEST: DWIGHTE.BROCK,CLERK BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COLLIER COUNTY, FLORIDA By: By: FRED W. COYLE, CHAIRMAN Approved as to form and legal sufficiency: ~7I-R!~ Scott R. Teach, Deputy County Attorney Page 20f2 Agenda Item No. 16H8 March 23, 2010 Page 3 of 3 COLLIER COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Item Number: Item Summary: 16H8 A resolution by the Collier County Board of County Commissioners urging iocal retailers selling tobacco products to refrain from selling and marketing flavored tobacco products which tend to promote and influence underage and/or youthful consumption. 3/23/2010 9:00:00 AM Meeting Date: Prepared By Ian Mitchell Supervisor ~ BCe Office Operations Date BCC BCC 3/12/2010 9:51 :36 AM Approved By Ian Mitchell Supervisor ~ BCe Office Operations Date BCC BCC 3/12/20109:59 AM Approved By Michael Sheffield Assistant to the County Manager Date County Managers Office 3/12/2010 3:08 PM