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Home My WebLink AboutBack-Up DocumentsFlavored tobacco products have become increasingly common in the United States. These products, containing flavors like vanilla, orange, chocolate, cherry and coffee, are espe- cially attractive to youth. They are widely considered to be "starter" products, establishing smoking habits that can lead to a lifetime of addiction. Like all tobacco products, flavored obacco products have serious health risks and are not considered safe by the FDA. Youth Data • In 2004, 22.8% of 17-year-old smokers reported using flavored cigarettes over the past month, as compared to 6.7% of smokers over the age of 25.1 • A poll conducted in March 2008 found that one in five youngsters between the ages of 12 and 17 had seen flavored tobacco products or ads, while only one in 10 adults reported having seen them.2 • According to one study of youth smokers be- tween the ages of 13 and 18, 52% of smokers who had heard of flavored cigarettes reported interest in trying them, and nearly 60% thought that flavored cigarettes would taste better than regular cigarettes.3 • Studies of youth expectations around other fla- vored tobacco products like bidis and hookahs have found that young smokers report choosing flavored products over cigarettes because they "taste better" and are perceived to be "safer." 4'5 Tobacco Company Marketing • Industry documents have previously revealed clear patterns of designing flavored cigarettes to target youth. • Advisors to one company developed concepts for a "youth cigarette," including cola and apple flavors, and a "sweet flavor cigarette," stating, "It's a well-known fact that teenagers like sweet products. Honey might be considered." 6 • A memo from another company instructed workers to "make a cigarette which is obviously youth oriented. This could involve cigarette name, blend, flavor and marketing technique.... for example, a flavor which would be candy -like but give the satisfaction of a cigarette."' • Other internal documents describe sweetened products as "...for younger people, beginner cigarette smokers, teenagers ... when you feel like a light smoke, want to be reminded of bubblegum." 8 Health Effects ^ All tobacco products, including flavored products, are addictive and carry serious health risks. ^Anestimated 443.00OAmericans die prematurely each year due tosmoking and exposure to second-hand smoke. » ^ More deaths are caused each year bytobacco use than bvall deaths from human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), illegal drug use, alcohol use, motor vehicle injuries, suicides and murders combined.10 ^ Cigarette smoking causes many types ofcancer, as well asheart disease and chronic lung diseases like emphysema. Smokeless tobacco products cause gum disease and cancers of the mouth .11,12 Under the Family. Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, the sale oY cigarettesoonta|n|ngoertoin characterizing flavors other than menthol will bmillegal oaofSeptember 22.2009.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)|mcurrently examining options for regulating both menthol cigarettes endOmvored tobacco products other than cigarettes. � 'Klein SM.GiovinoGA, Barker DC, Tworek C, Cummings KM, O'Connor RJ. Use of flavored cigarettes among older adolescentand adult smokers: United States, 2VU4-2OOs.Nicotine 7ohRes. 2DOB�1O(7)1209-14. "National telephone survey of teens aged 121o17and adults conducted hyInternational Communications Research (|CR).March 2008, oAmerican Legacy Foundation, First Look Report 17: Cigarette Preferences Arnong Youth--Resultsfromtho2006 Legacy Media Tracking Online (U0TO).June 5.2OO7.http://mn*Ucmnlegaoymg/PDFPubUrmVono/f1_17pdt Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999. Bidi use among urban youth — Massachussetts, March -April. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report 48.796-7S9. ,Pr|mmokBA, S|dan|J.AgmpwalAA, 6hudo|YVG. Donny EC, EiooenbergTE. Prevalence ofand associations with waterpipetobacco smoking among U.S.university Students. Ann BehaxMeU2O08Aug;36(1):#1'8. ',Marketing Innovations, ^Yhokh Cigarette New Concepts," Memo to Brown & Williamson, September 1872. Bates No. 170042014. 'RJ.Reynolds Inter -office Memorandum, May 9.1S74.Bates No. 511244297'4298, "Report from RM. MonkoAeuoo.1nLorillard Tobacco Co. (Aug.1870).available a1http://toba000documonto.org8or/85O93450'340O. htm|?patt*rn=85093450'3480#imagen. "Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Annual '3moking—Attributable Mortality, Years of Potential Life Lost, and Productivity Losses —United States, 2V0O'20n4. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. 2UO8�57(45):122O'122x. '«Cen1oroforDioeaoaConLru|anUPnevenUon.7oba000'Re|atedMoMe||1y,avai|ab|ea1 h\1p:Vwww.cUo.gov/tobuccn/data_utotinUoo/faoLshee\o8iea\th_effeots/tobocoo_re|eted_morkaUty8ndex.htm. 11 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Reducing the Health Consequences of Smoking-25 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, G& U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, CDC: 1989� 12 U.S. Department of Health and Hurnan Services. The Health Consequences of Using Smokeless Tobacco: A Report of the Advisory Committee to the Surgeon General, 1986, Bethesda, MD: U.S, Departrnent of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service; 1S80 Students Working Against Tobacco S.W.A.T *71.:-.0tt; tr.'mtx '14 T.1 Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) is a statewide youth advocacy and leadership organization which equips Florida youth to mobilize Against the nefarious tactics employed by the tobacco industry. SWAT is maintained by the Florida Department of Health in Miami Dade County's Tobacco Prevention and Control Program and works with and supports the goals of the Tobacco -Free Workgroup (TFW) partnership. The TFW is a community partnership with the purpose of developing and promoting policies that reduce the use and effects of tobacco. As an integral component of TFW, SWAT members support the partnership's goals through advocating for policies which reduce the prevalence of tobacco use among youth and adults; reduce the influence of the tobacco industry in our local community; and reduce exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. SWAT members use an anti -industry message, that work to change social norms so that tobacco is less desirable, less acceptable and less accessible. SWAT does not preach lecture or talk down to anyone (especially smokers). In fact smokers are welcome to join SWAT. They are victims of tobacco industry manipulation and can provide an important perspective in the fight against the BIG Tobacco industry. SWAT is youth driven and adult supported and strive to operate with the maximum amount of youth direction and control as possible. Local SWAT chapters are established and maintained through collaborations with local schools and require coordination at the school level by an adult advisor. For more information on establishing a SWAT Club at your school or if you would like to become a member of a SWAT club please contact the Florida - Department of Health in Miami Dade- County Tobacco Program at 305-278- 0442. 1-877-U-CAN-NOW CONSORTIUM FORA HEALTHIER MIAMI-DADE City and County Candy Flavored Tobacco Resolutions Resolutions b Coun Alachua: Alachua Coun Gainesville, Hawthorne, Archer Bay: Bay County, Callawayar e Panama City, Springfield, anama City Beach Baker: Baker County Bradford: Bradford County, Starke Brevard: Brevard County, West Melbourne, Melbourne Broward: Broward County, Coconut Creek, Lauderhill, Pembroke Pines, Cooper City, Lauderdale Lakes, Deerfield Beach, Fort Lauderdale, Pompano Beach, Wilton Manors, North Lauderdale, Oakland Park, Plantation, Margate, Davie, West Park, Sunrise, Dania Beach, Westin, Southwest Ranches, Miramar Calhoun: Calhoun County, Blountstown Charlotte: Charlotte County, Punta Gorda Citrus: Citrus County Clay: Clay County, Green Cove Springs, Orange Park Miami -Dade: Aventura, Bal Harbor, El Portal, Hialeah, Collier: Collier County, Naples, Everglades City, Marco IslandHialeah Gardens, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miami Springs, North Bay Village, North Miami, North Miami Beach, West Miami, Sweetwater, Miami Shores, Homestead, Florida City, Doral, Opa-Locka, Biscayne Park, Coral Gables Monroe: Key West, Village of Islamorada, Marathon Nassau: Nassau County, Fernandina Beach, Hilliard, Callahan Okaloosa: Okaloosa County, Fort Walton Beach, Crestview Laurel Hill Okeechobee: Okeechobee County, Okeechobee Orange: Winter Garden Osceola: Osceola County, Kissimmee, St. Cloud Palm Beach: Bell Glade, Jupiter, Pahokee, Palm Springs, Riviera Beach, South Bay, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens, Lake Park, Tequesta Columbia: Columbia County, Lake City, Fort White DeSoto: DeSoto County, Arcadia Dixie: Dixie County, Cross City Duval: Baldwin, Jacksonville Beach, Neptune Beach, Jacksonville, Atlantic Beach Escambia: Escambia County, Pensacola, Century Flager: Palm Coast, Bunnell, Flagler Beach Franklin: Franklin County, Apalachicola, Carrabella Gadsden: Gadsden County, Havana, Quincy, Gretna, Midway, Greensboro Gilchrist: Gilchrist County Glades: Glades County, Moore Haven Gulf: Gulf County, Wewahitchka, Port Saint Joe Hamilton: Hamilton County, Jennings, White Springs, Jasper Pasco: Pasco County, San Antonio Hardee: Hardee County, Wauchula, Zolfo Springs, Pinellas: Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Indian Rocks, Pinellas Park, Bowling Green Safety Harbor, Dunedin Hendry: Hendry County, LaBelle, Clewiston Polk: Polk County, Lakeland, Mulberry, Bartow, Haines City Hernando: Hemando County, Brooksville Putnam: Putnam County, Crescent, Palatka, Interlachen Highlands: Highlands County, Sebring, Avon Park, Lake Santa Rosa: Santa Rosa County, Gulf Breeze, Milton, Jay Placid Sarasota: Sarasota County, North Port, Venice, Sarasota, Longboat Key Hillsborough: Hillsborough County, Tampa, Temple Terrace,Seminole: Lake Mary, Casselberry, Sanford, Longwood, Oviedo Plant City St. Johns: Hastings Holmes: Holmes County, Bonifay, Esto, Ponce de Leon, St. Lucie: St. Lucie County, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce Westville, Noma Sumter: Bushnell, Webster, Wildwood Indian Riven Indian River County, Sebastian Suwannee: Suwannee County, Live Oak, Branford Jackson: Jackson County, Jacob City, Bascom, Graceville, Taylor: Taylor County, Perry Grand Ridge Union: Union County, Lake Butler Volusia: Volusia County, Port Orange, Daytona Beach, DeLand, Deltona, Holly Hill, New Smyrna Beach, Orange City Wakulla: Wakulla County, Sopchoppy Walton: Walton County, DeFuniak Springs, Freeport Washington: Washington County, Chipley, Ebro, Vernon, Wausau, Garyville Leon: Leahassee Levy: Levy Cou y, Bronson, Williston, Inglis, Cedar Key, Otter Creek Liberty: Liberty County Madison: Madison County, Madison, Greenville, Lee Manatee: Manatee County, Bradenton, Longboat Key Marion: Marion County, Ocala Martin: Martin County, Stuart Jefferson: Jefferson County, Monticello Lafayette: Lafayette County Lake: Lake County, Clermont, Eustis Lee: Lee County, Bonita Springs, Ft. Myers Beach Legend City Resolutions: Pink County Resolutions: Blue Both City and County Resolutions: Stripes 6*o 41. Updated: September 11, 2014 Resolution No. 2011-199-1592 RESOLUTION NO. 2011-199-1592 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, URGING TOBACCO RETAILERS TO STOP THE SALE AND MARKETING OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. WHEREAS; tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States, and almost 90 percent of tobacco users smokers started before they were 18 years old, and WHEREAS, each day, more than 4,000 young people try smoking for the first time, and 19% of High School students report current cigarette use, and WHEREAS, the Surgeon General has concluded that tobacco advertising greatly contributes to youth smoking rates, 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 products 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 cigarette makers are targeting young smoker with new candy — and liqueur -flavored brands that mask the harsh and toxic properties found in tobacco smoke, and Page 1 of 4 Resolution No. 2011-199-1592 WHEREAS, 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, the Florida Youth Tobacco Survey shows that at least 81% of tobacco obtained by through social sources, not direct underage purchases by the minors themselves and therefore existing age restrictions are inadequate protection to keep these flavored products out of the hands of their primary users, youth, and WHEREAS, some of these tobacco products, specifically flavored cigars and blunts 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 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 for 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, and WHEREAS, the City of Miami Gardens wants to discourage the sale and marketing of flavored tobacco products, Page 2of4 Resolution No. 2011-199-1592 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1: ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS: The foregoing Whereas paragraphs are hereby ratified and confirmed as being true, and the same are hereby made a specific part of this Resolution. Section 2: AUTHORIZATION: The City Council of the City of Miami Gardens hereby urges tobacco retailers to stop the sale and marketing of flavored tobacco products in Miami -Dade County and in the City of Miami Gardens. Section 3: EFFECTIVE DATE: This Resolution shall take effect immediately upon its final passage. PASSED AND ADOPTED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD ON DECEMBER 14, 2011. SHIRLEY 91B'ON, MAYOR ATTEST: RONETTA TAYLOR, MMC, CITY CLERK PREPARED BY: SONJA KNIGHTON DICKENS, ESQ., CITY ATTORNEY SPONSORED BY: COUNCILMAN DAVID WILLIAMS JR. Moved by: Councilwoman Robinson Second by: Councilman David Williams Jr. Page 3 of 4 Resolution No. 2011-199-1592 VOTE: 6-0 Mayor Shirley Gibson (Yes) (No) (not present) Vice Mayor Aaron Campbell, Jr. X (Yes) (No) Councilman David Williams Jr. X (Yes) (No) Councilwoman Lisa Davis X (Yes) (No) Councilman Oliver Gilbert, III X (Yes) (No) Councilwoman Felicia Robinson X (Yes) (No) Councilman Andre Williams X (Yes) (No) Page 4 of 4 City of Miami Gardens Agenda Cover Memo Council Meeting Date: December 14 2011 Item Type: Resolution Ordinance Other X Fiscal Impact: Yes No Ordinance Reading: 1st Reading 2nd Reading x Public Hearing: Yes No Yes No x Funding Source: Advertising Requirement: Yes No x Contract/P.O. Required: Yes No RFP/RFQ/Bid #: x Strategic Plan Related Yes No Strategic Plan Priority Enhance Organizational Bus. & Economic Public Safety Quality of Education Qual. of Life & City Communication Area: Strategic Plan Obj./Strategy: (list the specific objective/strategy this item will address) • Dev • im IIIN Image 0 I(• Sponsor Name Councilman David Williams, JR Department: Mayor/Council Short Title: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI GARDENS, FLORIDA, URGING TOBACCO RETAILERS TO STOP THE SALE AND MARKETING OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS IN MIAMI-DADE COUNTY; PROVIDING FOR THE ADOPTION OF REPRESENTATIONS; PROVIDING FOR AN EFFECTIVE DATE. Staff Summary: Tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States, and almost 90 percent of tobacco users smokers started before they were 18 years old. Each day, more than 4,000 young people try smoking for the first time, and 19% of High School students report current cigarette use. The Surgeon General has concluded that tobacco advertising greatly contributes to youth smoking rates, and recent research has shown that cigarette makers are targeting young smoker with new candy — and liqueur -flavored brands that mask the harsh and toxic properties found in tobacco smoke. ITEM K-4) CONSENT AGENDA RESOLUTION Urging Retailers to Stop the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products 1515 NW 167 Street, Building 5 Suite 200 Miami Gardens, Florida 33169 Tobacco companies are using youth -oriented colorful and stylish packaging, and exploit adolescents' attraction to candy flavors, which attracts the youth. Councilman David Williams, Jr. is urging that the City adopt a resolution to discourage the sale and marketing of flavored tobacco products. Proposed Action: It is recommended that the City Council approve the attached Resolution. Attachment: