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DON'T LET FLAVORED TOBACCO TRAP FLORIDA'S KIDS.
Watermelon. Bubble Gum. Even chocolate chip cookie dough. The tobacco industry infuses its deadly products with flavors kids love.
And, not surprisingly, every year thousands take the bait. Together, we can fight back and stop this sweet deception, before it's too late.
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DON'T LET FLAVORED TOBACCO TRAP FLORIDA'S KIDS.
Watermelon. Bubble Gum. Even chocolate chip cookie dough. The tobacco industry infuses its deadly products with flavors kids love.
And, not surprisingly, every year thousands take the bait. Together, we can fight back and stop this sweet deception, before it's too late.
For information or to get involved in Miami Dade County call 305-278-0442
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Students Working Against Tobacco
S.W.A.T
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-
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Growing Concerns of Tobacco
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TOJACCO POLICIkS
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What is the problem with
candy.flavored tobacco?
• Candy -flavored tobacco targets
new users, the majority of
which are kids.
• Studies show that 17-year-old
smokers are three times as
likely to use flavored cigarettes
as smokers over the age of 25.
• Almost 90 percent of adult
smokers began smoking as
teenagers.
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What is not banned by the FDA?
• Candy -flavored spit tobacco.
• Candy -flavored cigars and cigarillos.
• Snus (rhymes with "noose"): small
packets of tobacco resembling tea
bags that are kept in the mouth.
The excess juice can be swallowed
instead of spat.
• New dissolvable products: pellets
(Camel Orbs), a twisted stick the
size of a toothpick (Camel Sticks),
and a film strip for the tongue
(Camel Strips), all of which are made
from finely ground flavored tobacco.
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Candy -Flavored Tobacco
Our Goal For This Policy:
Candy -flavored cigarettes are banned in the United States, but deadly tobacco
products are still sold packed with candy and fruit flavors that attract youth, including
berry -flavored spit tobacco and grape -flavored cigars.We want to prevent our youth
from beginning to use these cancer -causing products by getting them off the shelves.
This policy is not aimed at the few adult users of these products, who can easily
switch to other tobacco products, but at protecting our youth.
Some facts:
20 percent of smokers ages 17 to 19 smoked
flavored cigarettes while only 6 percent of
smokers over age 25 reported smoking
flavored cigarettes.
80% of smokers started before the age of 18.
This ban will help stop the more than 3,600
young people who start smoking daily.
New York City has banned the sale of all
flavored tobacco products, and successfully
won legal challenges to the law.
Both Wisconsin and Illinois are in the
process of attempting to ban the sale of any
candy or ilcohol flavored tobacco products.
Model ordinance language:
SECTION 2. DEFINITIONS
... 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.
SECTION 3. SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED
No person, business, tobacco retailer, or other establishment subject to this ordinance shall sell, permit to be sold.
offer for sale. display for sale or distribute by any means including, but not limited to free sample or coupon. any
flavored tobacco products.
SECTION 5. PENALTIES
A.Any person or business who violates this ordinance, shall upon conviction, be guilty of a violation of a second
degree misdemeanor, punishable as provided by law.
B.The penalty for a second conviction of this ordinance shall be at least double the penalty for the first conviction,
except that any penalty shall not exceed the maximum penalty set by law for a misdemeanor of the second degree.
C.AII convictions for violation of this Ordinance shall be reported to the Suite of Florida, Division ofTobacco and
Alcoholic Beverages.
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FDA Advisory
Flavored Tobacco Products
What you need to know
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Many types of tobacco products are made to taste like vanilla, orange, chocolate, cherry,
coffee and other flavors. These kinds of flavors make tobacco products especially appealing
to kids, and can lead to a lifetime of tobacco addiction. The FDA is encouraging parents to
understand the serious risks associated with flavored tobacco products.
Flavored tobacco products:
• Appeal to kids..
Young people are much more likely to use candy and fruit flavored tobacco products than adults, and
tobacco industry documents show that companies have designed these cigarettes with kids in mind.
For example, one tobacco company suggested creating a honey -flavored cigarette to attract teenagers
who like sweet products.
• Disguise the bad taste of tobacco
Candy and fruit flavors mask the bad taste of tobacco, making it easier for kids to start using tobacco
products. Once they start using one tobacco product, however, they are more likely to experiment with
others.
• Are just as addictive as regular tobacco products.
Scientists have found that many kids think flavored tobacco products are safer and less addictive than
regular tobacco products. This is not true. All tobacco products contain nicotine, one of the addictive
chemicals that make it so hard to quit using tobacco.
• Have the same harmful health effects as regular tobacco products.
Flavored cigarettes, cigars and pipes are not Tess dangerous than regular tobacco products. Smoking
any kind of tobacco product increases your risk of developing serious health problems, including
lung cancer, heart disease and emphysema. Tobacco products that you don't smoke, like snuff and
chewing tobacco, have also been shown to cause gum disease and cancers of the mouth.
For more information, see www.fda.gov.
Beginning September 22, 2009, it will be illegal to sell cigarettes containing certain characterizing flavors
except menthol anywhere in the United States. If you see flavored cigarettes for sale, please report it to
the FDA. There are three ways to contact us:
1. Call the hotline. 1-877-CTP-1373
2. Send us a letter. 9200 Corporate Blvd, Rockville MD 20850-3229
3. Submit a report online. www.fda.gov/flavoredtobacco
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Flavored Tobacco Q&A
• What is candy flavored tobacco?
Smokeless tobacco includes chew, dip, snuff, snus and a host of emerging products. New
smokeless tobacco products like orbs (dissolvable tobacco pellets), toothpick -like sticks, and
dissolvable strips closely resemble gum, candy and breath strips.
Another new product is snus, which are small, teabag-like pouches containing tobacco that users
place between their upper gum and lip.
• Why is this important?
The flavoring and lower costs of these non -cigarette smoked tobacco products and of smokeless
tobacco products make them especially appealing to youth.
o Flavored tobacco products are widely considered to be starter products.
o Studies have shown that youth erroneously believe flavored tobacco products are less
harmful than their non -flavored counterparts.'
o Candy and fruits flavors mask the bad taste of tobacco, making it easier for youth to start
using.
In addition, flavored tobacco products are helping to create a new generation of lifelong nicotine
addicts.
o The design and contents of tobacco products make them more attractive and addictive than
ever before, according to the 2012 Surgeon General's report."
o Since 1988, nicotine has been established to be as addictive as heroin and cocaine.'
o Adolescents' bodies are more sensitive to nicotine, and adolescents are more easily
addicted than adults.'v
o Compared to cigarettes, smokeless tobacco products like chew and dip can contain more
nicotine."
Once they start using one tobacco product, they are more likely to experiment with others.'
o The use of multiple tobacco products — including cigarettes, cigars, and smokeless tobacco
— is common among youth and young adults."
o Among those who use tobacco, more than half of high school males and nearly a third of
high school females use more than one tobacco product. These products include cigarettes,
cigars, and smokeless tobacco, such as chew and snus, a dry snuff in a small teabag-like
sachet.
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o Evidence shows that adolescent boys who use smokeless tobacco have a higher risk of
becoming cigarette smokers within four years."
Flavored tobacco products can lead to life -threatening diseases.
o Like cigarettes, non -cigarette smoked tobacco products and smokeless tobacco — whether
they're flavored or not — cause cancer, heart disease, and other smoking -related diseases.
o Traditional smokeless products, like chew and dip, contain 28 cancer -causing agents
(carcinogens).'x
• Users of these products have an 80 percent higher risk of oral cancers.x
■ Users of these products have a 60 percent higher risk of pancreatic and esophageal
cancer.'
o Aside from the increased risk of cancer, the use of smokeless tobacco can increase the risk
of heart attack and stroke.""
• What's the tobacco industry's role in selling candy -flavored tobacco?
The tobacco industry is losing more of its customers. Not only are more tobacco user quitting, every
day more than 1,200 people in the U.S. die from smoking."'
o For each of those deaths, at least two youth or young adults become regular smokers each
day.xiv
o Nearly nine out of 10 of these replacement smokers start by age 18.x"
• Because of nicotine addiction, about three out of four teen smokers end up smoking
into adulthood, even if they intend to quit after a few years.'"'
• Among youth who persist in smoking, a third will die prematurely from smoking.'""
For every person who dies from tobacco use, another 20 suffer from one or more
serious smoking -related illnesses.""'
With cigarette smoking rates are on the decline in the U.S., the tobacco industry insures its
livelihood by creating products and strategies that attract a new generation of tobacco users.
Numerous internal tobacco industry documents reveal that the companies perceive kids as an
important target, and develop products like flavored tobacco and marketing campaigns aimed at
them.
v o In 1981, a Phillip Morris research report stated: "It is important to know as much as possible
about teenage smoking and attitudes. Today's teenage is tomorrow's potential regular
Z-. customer, and the overwhelming majority of smokers first begin to smoke while still in their
U teens."x'x
• et � o In a 1979 memo on fruit -flavored chewing products, one tobacco executive wrote: "Many
Q people felt that younger chewers would be attracted to products with less tobacco taste. For
example, it was suggested that we investigate the possibility of borrowing switching study
• E data from the company which produces "Life Savers" as a basis for determining which
c - flavors enjoy the widest appeal.""'
o o In a 1978 memo on the sale of Newport cigarettes, one tobacco executive wrote: "[T]he
c base of our business is the high school student."xx'
,.c o o A 1972 Brown & Williamson research report, titled "Youth Cigarettes - New concepts,"
stated: "We believe that there are pipe tobaccos that have a sweet aromatic taste. It's a well
known fact that teenagers like sweet products. Honey might be considered."xx'
Tobacco companies spend more than a million dollars an hour — over $27 million a day — in this
country alone to market their products."'
• How can we protect Florida's youth?
In Florida, many municipalities have taken on flavored tobacco.
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o As of September 30, 2012, 42 of the 67 counties in the state have passed resolutions urging
tobacco retailers to restrict the sale and marketing of flavored tobacco products.
o About 115 cities have passed resolutions urging tobacco retailers to restrict the sale and
marketing of flavored tobacco products.
In 2010, the Florida Department of Health re -launched a comprehensive media campaign that
demonstrates the severe health and emotional toll of tobacco -related death and disease.
o Research proves that hard-hitting media campaigns are effective at promoting quit attempts
and reducing youth tobacco initiation."
o Tobacco Free Florida's multi -media counter marketing campaign reaches youth through ads
on social, digital and broadcast media.
Tobacco Free Florida is a comprehensive tobacco prevention and cessation campaign.
o The program funds community -level interventions in every county, which include supporting
a local Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT) chapter.
o SWAT youth are empowered to educate their peers and community members about the
dangers of tobacco and the historic marketing practices of the tobacco industry.
o SWAT youth across the state have been important advocates against candy -flavored
tobacco and supporters of local resolutions urging tobacco retailers to restrict the sale and
marketing of flavored tobacco products.
FDA Flavored Tobacco Product Fact Sheet, 2011
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General.
Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office on Smoking and Health, 1988
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General.
Atlanta: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Coordinating Center for Health Promotion, National Center
for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2006
".U.S. National Library of Medicine. Smokeless Tobacco. n.d. Web . 19 August 2011.
" U.S. Food and Drug Administration. FDA Parental Advisory on Flavored Tobacco Products - What You Need To Know. FDA.7 March 2011.
<http://www.fda. gov/TobaccoP roducts/Protecting KidsfromTobacco/FlavoredTobacco/ucm 183196. htm>
"" U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of
Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health,
2012.
"'" Tomar, S, "Is use of smokeless tobacco a risk factor for cigarette smoking? The U.S. experience," Nicotine & Tobacco Research 5(4):561-569, Aug 2003.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Smokeless Tobacco Facts. n.d. Web. 20 August 2011.
<http://www. cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/smokeless/smokeless_facts/index. htm>.
Boffetta, P, et al., "Smokeless tobacco and cancer," The Lancet 9:667-675, 2008
Boffetta, P, et al., "Smokeless tobacco and cancer," The Lancet 9:667-675, 2008
Boffetta et al. Use of smokeless tobacco and risk of myocardial infarction and stroke: systematic review with meta -analysis. BMJ, 2009; 339 (aug18 2): b3060
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.b3060
"" Florida Department of Health. "Tobacco —Related Disparities and its Impact on Florida." n.d. <http://www.doh.state.fl.us/tobacco/Disparities.html>.
"" U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office on Smoking and Health, 2012.
" US Department of Health & Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults. A Report of the Surgeon General. 2012.
"' U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office on Smoking and Health, 2012.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office on Smoking and Health, 2012.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office on Smoking and Health, 2012.
Young Smokers Prevalence, Trends, Implications And Related Demographic Trends. March 31, 1981. Bates No. 2077864711/4712
Sedgefield Idea Sessions 790606-790607. June 8, 1979. Bates No. 81513681/3691
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'" Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation: Project Report. Sept. 1972. Bates No. 170042014
Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion,
Office on Smoking and Health, 2012.
National Cancer Institute, The role of the media in promoting and reducing tobacco use. Tobacco\ Control Monograph No. 19. NIH Pub. No. 07-6242, 2008, USDHHS, National
Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute: Bethesda MD.
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2014 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey: Fact Sheet 13
Introduction
The Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS) was administered in the spring of 2014 to 36,979 middle school
students and 32,921 high school students in 765 public schools throughout the state. The overall survey
response rate for middle schools was 81 %, and the overall survey response rate for high schools was 78%.
The FYTS has been conducted annually since 1998. The data presented in this fact sheet are weighted to
represent the entire population of public middle and high school students in Florida.
About Flavored Tobacco
Flavored tobacco products have been flavored to taste like chocolate, candy, or fruit. The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration banned flavored cigarettes, excluding menthol, from being sold in the United States in 2009 with
the intention of deterring smoking amongst youth. The questions "Have you ever tried, even once, smoking
flavored cigarettes?" and "During the past 30 days, have you smoked flavored cigarettes?" continue to be
included on the FYTS to determine how many students think they are smoking flavored cigarettes, though they
are likely smoking other flavored tobacco products. Products that were considered flavored cigarettes prior to
their 2009 ban have been reclassified by tobacco companies as "cigarillos" to avoid taxation and regulation by
the FDA. For this analysis, flavored tobacco includes flavored cigarettes, cigars, and/or smokeless tobacco.
Ever Tried Flavored Tobacco
In 2014, 6.3% of middle school students and 18.0%
of high school students reported smoking or using
a flavored tobacco product at least once (Figure 1).
Since 2010, this behavior has decreased by 40.0%
among middle school students and by 30.5%
among high school students.
Current Flavored Cigarette Use
In 2014, 2.8% of middle school students and 8.8%
of high school students reported smoking or using
a flavored tobacco product at least once during
the past 30 days (Figure 2). Since 2010, this
behavior has decreased by 42.9% among middle
school students and by 34.3% among high school
students.
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Current Flavored Tobacco Use (Past 30 Days)
Figure 3. Middle School Current Flavored Tobacco
Use
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Female t 2.3
Male 3.3
White* 2.5
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Middle School
Overall, 2.8% of middle school
students reported smoking or using
a flavored tobacco product at least
once during the past 30 days (Figure
3). In 2014, males were significantly
more likely to use flavored tobacco
than females. There was not a
significant difference between
race/ethnic groups. This behavior
increased significantly with grade
level.
High School
Overall, 8.8% of high school
students reported smoking or using
a flavored tobacco product at least
once during the past 30 days (Figure
4). In 2014, males were significantly
more likely to use flavored tobacco
than females. Non -Hispanic whites
were significantly more likely to use
flavored tobacco than Hispanics and
non -Hispanic blacks, and Hispanics
were significantly more likely to use
flavored tobacco than non -Hispanic
blacks. This behavior increased
significantly with grade level.
The prevalence estimates and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated using SAS 9.3. The difference
in prevalence between two different populations or between two different years is statistically significant if the 95%
confidence intervals of the two prevalence estimates do not overlap. For more information about the FYTS, please
contact the Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Evaluation Section at (850) 245-4401. You can also visit
our website at www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/survey-data/fl-youth-tobacco-survey/index.html.
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Rick Scott
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State Surgeon General & Secretary
E-cigarettes & Florida's Youth
What are e-cigarettes?
• Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, are battery operated nicotine delivery devices that heat liquid
nicotine and other chemicals, releasing a vapor, which users inhale.
• On April 25, 2011, the FDA announced that it would regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products and not as a
drug or device, a decision that reflects our current understanding of e-cigarette use. r To date, the FDA has not
asserted its authority over e-cigarettes and they remain unregulated.
Is nicotine dangerous?
• Nicotine is a dangerous, highly addictive drug.
• Nicotine is responsible for heart and blood vessel disease from smoking.
• Inhaled nicotine produces dose -related increases in heart rate and blood pressure.
• Nicotine exposure has been shown to have unique effects on the developing human brain.2
• Young people who have asthma become addicted to nicotine faster.'
• Reactive Airways Dysfunction Syndrome (RADS) is an asthma -like syndrome and can develop after a single
exposure to irritating vapors from e-cigarettes. Symptoms can be mild to fatal.
• Even short-term (5 minutes) e-cigarette use can lead to acute lung problems, such as an increase in airway
resistance and oxidative stress.4
• The use of these products can pose a risk for nicotine poisoning. For example, if a child weighing 66 pounds
swallows the contents of a cartridge containing 24mg of nicotine, acute nicotine poisoning would likely
occur, possibly causing deaths.
• Nicotine can be absorbed into the body by inhalation, ingestion, skin contact, and mucous membranes.
Symptoms of nicotine poisoning include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, high blood pressure, and rapid heart
rate.
Are e-cigarettes a safe alternative to smoking?
• There is currently no peer -reviewed independent research in any credible medical or scientific journal to
support industry claims about the safety of e-cigarettes or the potential of e-cigarettes to help smokers quit.
• Preliminary research from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has revealed that some e-cigarettes do
contain toxic substances and carcinogens, which are known to cause cancer.6
What is Tobacco Free Florida's position on e-cigarettes?
• Because there is so much yet to be determined about e-cigarettes, the Florida Department of Health does not
endorse e-cigarettes as a beneficial step for smokers who are attempting to quit.
• The agency remains concerned that, in addition to possibly harmful effects, e-cigarettes may become a tool
used to get youth and young adults hooked on nicotine, which is a highly addictive, dangerous chemical.'
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What are the concerns about e-cigarettes and youth?
The rapid increase of e-cigarette use by teens is alarming.
• The number of middle school and high school students in the U.S. who have tried e-cigarettes doubled in
2012 compared to just one year earlier. 8
• In Florida, 4.3 percent of middle school students and 12.1 percent of high school — more than one in 10 -
students had ever tried e-cigarettes in 2013.9
• The number of Florida high school students who had tried e-cigarettes doubled — from 6 percent in 201110
to 12.1 percent in 2013."
E-cigarettes may be a gateway to nicotine addiction and the use of other tobacco products.
• Among teen e-cigarette users, three out of four use conventional cigarettes as well and that suggests the
possibility that a lot of kids and teens may start with e-cigarettes and progress to conventional cigarettes,
leading to a lifetime of addiction to nicotine.12
o In Florida, among current youth (11-17) e-cigarette users, 57.4% are current cigarette smokers
and 82.0% have ever smoked a cigarette.
• E-cigarettes are being used as a way to circumvent smoke -free laws.13
• E-cigarette companies are marketing their products as a way to circumvent smoke -free laws.
• If a teen is using e-cigarettes in places they would not have normally smoked, like inside their home, and
still smoking conventional cigarettes when outside, then they are increasing their nicotine consumption.
• Adolescents' bodies are more sensitive to nicotine, and adolescents are more easily addicted than adults.14
• Nicotine addiction is the fundamental reason that individuals persist in using tobacco products.15
• Inhaling nicotine is the most efficient way to feel its effects and results in higher abuse potential than do
other tobacco- or nicotine -containing products.16
• E-cigarettes are available in fruit and candy flavors, which are especially enticing to young people.
The alarming increase in e-cigarette use and availability has the potential to normalize smoking.
• E-cigarettes have the potential to promote and renormalize the use of cigarettes, electronic or not. The
vapor from an e-cigarette looks like smoke from a conventional cigarette.
• While tobacco products like cigarettes and dip have been banned from advertising on TV for decades, and
for good reason, we have seen a notable increase in the marketing of e-cigarettes, including TV
commercials.
• There has been a surge in e-cigarette marketing in recent years, and e-cigarette companies are using the
same tactics long used to market regular cigarettes to young people.
• The same Big Tobacco companies that have been found guilty of marketing to youth have either acquired
an e-cigarette brand or are in the process of launching their own. These companies should not be trusted.
http://www.fda.aov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm252360.hun
3 Dwyer JB, McQuown SC, Leslie FM. The dynamic effects of nicotine on the developing brain. Pharmacol Ther 2009;122:125-39.
3 Van De Ven MO, van Zundert RM, Engels RC.; Effects of asthma on nicotine dependence development and smoking cessation attempts in adolescence. J Asthma. 2013
Apr;50(3):250-9
° Vardavas, CI, "Short-term pulmonary effects of using an electronic cigarette: impact on respiratory flow resistance, impedance, and exhaled nitric oxide," Chest 141(6):1400-6,
June 2012.
5 World Health Organization: http://www.who.int/tobacco/communications/statements/eletronic cigarettes/en/index.html
6 http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/PublicHealthFocus/ucm173146.htm
htto://www.cdc.Rov/tobacco/data statistics/fact sheets/cessation/auittina/index.htm
s U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "Notes from the field: electronic cigarette use among middle and high school students - United States, 2011-2012."
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). 62 (35): 729-30. September 2013. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6235a6.htm
'Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS), Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology, 2013
1° Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS), Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology, 2011
11 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS), Florida Department of Health, Bureau of Epidemiology, 2013
13 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). Notes from the Field: Electronic Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011-2012;
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, September 6, 2013 / 62(35); 729-730. http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6235a6.htm?s_cid=rtm6235a 6_e
13 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Transcript for FDA's media briefing on electronic cigarettes (July 22, 2009). available at: http://www.
fda.govinewsevents/publichealthfocus/ucm172906.htm.
1° U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking -Attributable Disease: A Report of the
Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2010.
15 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking -Attributable Disease: A Report of the
Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2010.
16 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking -Attributable Disease: A Report of the
Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and
Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health, 2010.
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HEALTH
Introduction
The Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS) was administered in the spring of 2013 to 6,440 middle school stu-
dents and 6,175 high school students in 172 public schools throughout the state. The overall survey response
rate for middle schools was 83%, and the overall survey response rate for high schools was 75%. The FYTS
has been conducted annually since 1998. The data presented in this fact sheet are weighted to represent the
entire population of public middle and high school students in Florida.
About Electronic Cigarettes
An electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) is a battery -operated device that looks, feels, and tastes like a tobacco
cigarette. They deliver nicotine, flavor, and other chemicals to the user in the form of a vapor.
Ever Tried Electronic Cigarettes
In 2013, 4.3% of middle school and 12.1% of high
school students had tried an electronic cigarette at
least once (Figure 1). Since 2011, the prevalence
of this behavior has increased by 43.3% among
middle school students and by 101.7% among high
school students.
Current Electronic Cigarette Use
In 2013, 1.8% of middle school students and 5.4%
of high school students used an electronic cigarette
at least once during the past 30 days (Figure 2).
•Since 2011, the prevalence of this behavior has
increased by 20.0% among middle school students
and by 74.2% among high school students.
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Current Electronic Cigarette Use (Past 30 Days)
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Overall, 1.8% of middle school stu-
dents used an electronic cigarette at
least once during the past 30 days
(Figure 3). In 2013, the prevalence
of current electronic cigarette use
was higher among male students
than female students. The preva-
lence of this behavior was signifi-
cantly higher among non -Hispanic
white and Hispanic students than
among non -Hispanic black students.
The prevalence of this behavior in-
creased with each increasing grade,
from sixth to eighth.
High School
Overall, 5.4% of high school stu-
dents used an electronic cigarette at
least once during the past 30 days
(Figure 4). In 2013, the prevalence
of current electronic cigarette use
was higher among male students
than female students. The preva-
lence of this behavior was signifi-
cantly higher among non -Hispanic
white and Hispanic students than
among non -Hispanic black students.
The prevalence of this behavior in-
creased from tenth to twelfth grade.
For more information about the FYTS, please contact the Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Surveillance,
and Evaluation Section, at (850) 245-4401, or by e-mail at ChronicDisease@doh.state.fl.us. You can
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Tobacco Use on School Property
Introduction
The Florida Youth Tobacco Survey (FYTS) was administered in the spring of 2014 to 36,979 middle school
students and 32,921 high school students in 765 public schools throughout the state. The overall survey
response rate for middle schools was 81%, and the overall survey response rate for high schools was 78%.
The FYTS has been conducted annually since 1998. The data presented in this fact sheet are weighted to
represent the entire population of public middle and high school students in Florida.
Rule Against Smoking on School Property
In 2014, 73.4% of middle school students and
83.2% of high school students reported that there
is a rule that no one is allowed to smoke cigarettes
on school property (Figure 1). In 2014, high school
students were significantly more likely than middle
school students to report a rule against smoking
on school property. Since 2006, this indicator has
increased by 4.9% among middle school students
and by 5.6% among high school students. Since
2012,17.9% fewer middle school students and 9.8%
fewer high school students reported that there was a
rule against smoking on school property.
Smoked Cigarettes on School Property
In 2014, 1.2% of middle school students and
3.3% of high school students reported smoking
cigarette(s) on school property on one or more
of the last 30 days (Figure 2). Since 2006, this
behavior has decreased by 50.0% among middle
school students and by 37.7% among high school
students. Since 2012, this behavior has decreased
by 27.2% among middle school students and by
15.3% among high school students.
Chewed Tobacco on School Property
In 2014, 1.2% of middle school students and 3.6%
of high school students reported using chewing
tobacco, snuff, or dip on school property on one or
more of the last 30 days (Figure 3). Since 2006, this
behavior decreased by 42.9% among middle school
students and by 18.2% among high school students.
Since 2012, this behavior has decreased by 14.4%
*among middle school students and by 8.6% among
high school students.
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Saw Students Smoke on School Property
In 2014, high school students (34.8%) were
significantly more likely than middle school students
(13.4(3/0) to see students smoking on school property
in the past 12 months (Figure 4). High school students
were significantly more likely to observe smoking on
school property than middle school students. The
proportion of students observing this behavior did not
vary significantly by sex among middle school and high
school students.
Saw Adults Smoke on School Property
In 2014, high school students (16.2%) were
significantly more likely than middle school students
(14.0%) to see teachers, staff, or other adults smoking
on school property in the past 12 months (Figure 5).
High school males were significantly more likely than
high school females to see adults smoke on school
property. The proportion of students observing this
behavior did not vary significantly by sex among
middle school students.
Saw Students Chew Tobacco on School Property
In 2014, high school students (39.4%) were
significantly more likely than middle school students
(11.2%) to see students use chewing tobacco on
school property in the past 12 months (Figure 6).
High school males were significantly more likely than
high school females to see students chew tobacco on
school property. The proportion of students observing
this behavior did not vary significantly by sex among
middle school students.
Saw Adults Chew Tobacco on School Property
In 2014, high school students (9.5%) were significantly
more likely than middle school students (4.0%) to see
teachers, staff, or other adults use chewing tobacco
on school property in the past 12 months (Figure 7).
Males at both school levels were significantly more
likely than females at both school levels to see adults
chew tobacco on school property.
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The prevalence estimates and 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) were calculated using SAS 9.3. The difference
in prevalence between two different populations or between two different years is statistically significant if the 95%
confidence intervals of the two prevalence estimates do not overlap. For more information about the FYTS, please
contact the Chronic Disease Epidemiology, Surveillance, and Evaluation Section at (850) 245-4401. You can also visit
our website at www.floridahealth.gov/statistics-and-data/survey-data/fl-youth-tobacco-survey/index.html.
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City and County Candy Flavored Tobacco Resolutions
SANTA ROSA
Resolutions by County:
Alachua: Alachua County,
Gainesville, Hawthorne,
Archer
Bay: Bay County, Callaway, Lynn Haven, Parker,
Panama City, Springfield, Panama 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
OKALOOSA
HOLMES
WASHINGTON
BAY
JACKSON
CALHOUN
GULF
Leon: Le w lahassee
Levy: Levy Cou , 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
Miami -Dade: Aventura, Bal Harbor, El Portal, Hialeah,
Hialeah Gardens, Miami Beach, Miami Gardens, Miami Springs,
Clay: Clay County, Green Cove Springs, Orange Park North Bay Village, North Miami, North Miami Beach, West Miami..
Collier: Collier County, Naples, Everglades City, Marco IslandSweetwater, Miami Shores, Homestead, Florida City, Doral,
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
ulf: Gulf County, Wewahitchka, Port Saint Joe
Hamilton: Hamilton County, Jennings, White Springs, Jasper
Hardee: Hardee County, Wauchula, Zolfo Springs,
Bowling Green
Hendry: Hendry County, LaBelle, Clewiston
Hernando: Hernando County, Brooksville
Highlands: Highlands County, Sebring, Avon Park, Lake
Placid
Hillsborough: Hillsborough County, Tampa, Temple Terrace,
Plant City
Holmes: Holmes County, Bonifay, Esto, Ponce de Leon,
Westville, Noma
Indian River: Indian River County, Sebastian
Jackson: Jackson County, Jacob City, Bascom, Graceville,
Grand Ridge
Jefferson: Jefferson County, Monticello
Lafayette: Lafayette County
Lake: Lake County, Clermont, Eustis
TAYLOR
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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
Pasco: Pasco County, San Antonio
GILCHRIST
Pinellas: Pinellas County, St. Petersburg, Indian Rocks, Pinellas Park,
Safety Harbor, Dunedin
Polk: Polk County, Lakeland, Mulberry, Bartow, Haines City
Putnam: Putnam County, Crescent, Palatka, Interlachen
Santa Rosa: Santa Rosa County, Gulf Breeze, Milton, Jay
Sarasota: Sarasota County, North Port, Venice, Sarasota, Longboat Key
Seminole: Lake Mary, Casselberry, Sanford, Longwood, Oviedo
St. Johns: Hastings
St. Lucie: St. Lucie County, Port St. Lucie, Fort Pierce
Sumter: Bushnell, Webster, Wildwood
Suwannee: Suwannee County, Live Oak, Branford
Taylor: Taylor County, Perry
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
ALACHUA
MARION
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PUTNAM
HARDEE
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City Resolutions: Pink
County Resolutions:
Both City and County Resolutions: ' ,_ i e
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HENDRY
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MONROE
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RESOLUTION # 2014-23
RESOLUTION OF THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE
CITY OF WEST MIAMI, FLORIDA, STRONGLY URGING LOCAL
RETAILERS SELLING TOBACCO PRODUCTS TO REFRAIN FROM
SELLING AND MARKETING FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS
BECAUSE SUCH PRODUCTS TEND TO PROMOTE AND INFLUENCE
TOBACCO USE BY MINORS AND YOUNG ADULTS; PROVIDING FOR
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United
States, and almost 90 percent of adults who use tobacco began using it before the
age of 18; and
WHEREAS, each day, more than 4,000 young people try smoking for the first time,
and over 1000 become regular daily smokers; and
WHEREAS, an estimated one-third of adolescent experimentation with smoking
can be directly attributed to tobacco advertising and promotional activities; and
WHEREAS , internal tobacco industry documents strongly suggest that
manufacturers intentionally target youth through tthe use of candy -like flavors in
tobacco products; and
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, the Master Settlement Agreement reached in 1998 between state
Attorneys General and - major tobacco .com parries forbids cigarette
manufacturers from directly or indirectly targeting youth in advertising, marketing
and promotion of tobacco products or to take any act ion to initiate, maintain or
increase smoking by young people and
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WHEREAS, on September 22, 2009, the fed era l Family Smoking Prevention
and Tobacco Control Act ("Act") went into effect, i mposing a ban on the sale of
cigarettes containing certain flavors, herbs, or spices, including strawberr y, grape,
orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple , vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate,
cherry, or coffee; and
WHEREAS, the Act does not include a ban on menthol cigarettes or other
types of flavored tobacco products such as cigars, cigarillos, hookah, spit tobacco, snus,
chewing tobacco, pellets, twisted sticks, film strips, or smokeless tobacco
products; and
WHEREAS, national studies have fou nd that the vast majority of people
who are using the flavored tobacco products are minors and young adults.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST MIAMI, FLORIDA, THAT:
Section 1. The foregoing facts and recitations contained in the preamble
of this Resolution are hereby adopted and incorporated by reference as if fully set
forth herein.
Section 2. The Mayor and the City Commission of the City of West
Miami, Florida strongly urge all local retailers cease the sale and marketing of an
flavored tobacco products, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, and
smokeless tobacco products pre pared in such a manner with the purpose of
chewing, inhaling, smoking or ingesting in any manner.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 7th day of May 2014.
ATTEST:
L.NYwu (tot,
ANNERY GONZALEZ, CITY CLERK
APPROVED:
EDUARDO MUHINA, MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND SUFFICIENCY:
JOSE A. VILLALOB ORNEY
ROLL CALL VOTE:
MAYOR EDUARDO H. MUHINA Y
VICE -MAYOR JUAN M. BLANES Y
COMMISSIONER CANDIDA BLANCA Y
COMMISSIONER RHONDA A. RODRIGUEZ Y
COMMISSIONER LUCIANO L. SUAREZ ABSENT
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An Ordinance prohibiting the sale of tobacco products that contain additives
that mask the natural characteristics of tobacco.
Whereas, on June 22, 2009, the president of the United States signed public law 111-31
titled Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act in which the United States Congress
made findings of fact concerning the dangers of tobacco use, all which is set forth as follows:
(1) The use of tobacco products by the Nation's children is a pediatric disease of
considerable proportions that results in new generations of tobacco -dependent children
and adults.
(2) A consensus exists within the scientific and medical communities that tobacco
products are inherently dangerous and cause cancer, heart disease, and other serious
adverse health effects.
(3) Nicotine is an addictive drug.
(4) Virtually all new users of tobacco products are under the minimum legal age to
purchase such products.
(5) Tobacco advertising and marketing contribute significantly to the use of nicotine -
containing tobacco products by adolescents.
(6) Because past efforts to restrict advertising and marketing of tobacco products have
failed adequately to curb tobacco use by adolescents, comprehensive restrictions on the
sale, promotion, and distribution of such products are needed.
(13) Tobacco use is the foremost preventable cause of premature death in America. It
causes over 400,000 deaths in the United States each year, and approximately 8,600,000
Americans have chronic illnesses related to smoking.
(14) Reducing the use of tobacco by minors by 50 percent would prevent well over
10,000,000 of today's children from becoming regular, daily smokers, saving over
3,000,000 of them from premature death due to tobacco -induced disease. Such a
reduction in youth smoking would also result in approximately $75,000,000,000 in
savings attributable to reduced health care costs.
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(15) Advertising, marketing, and promotion of tobacco products have been especially
directed to attract young persons to use tobacco products, and these efforts have resulted
in increased use of such products by youth. Past efforts to oversee these activities have
not been successful in adequately preventing such increased use.
(16) In 2005, the cigarette manufacturers spent more than $13,000,000,000 to attract
new users, retain current users, increase current consumption, and generate favorable
long-term attitudes toward smoking and tobacco use.
(17) Tobacco product advertising often misleadingly portrays the use of tobacco as
socially acceptable and healthful to minors.
(18) Tobacco product advertising is regularly seen by persons under the age of 18,
and persons under the age of 18 are regularly exposed to tobacco product promotional
efforts.
(19) Through advertisements during and sponsorship of sporting events, tobacco has
become strongly associated with sports and has become portrayed as an integral part of
sports and the healthy lifestyle associated with rigorous sporting activity.
(20) Children are exposed to substantial and unavoidable tobacco advertising that
leads to favorable beliefs about tobacco use, plays a role in leading young people to
overestimate the prevalence of tobacco use, and increases the number of young people
who begin to use tobacco.
(21) The use of tobacco products in motion pictures and other mass media glamorizes
its use for young people and encourages them to use tobacco products.
(23) Children are more influenced by tobacco marketing than adults: more than 80
percent of youth smoke three heavily marketed brands, while only 54 percent of adults,
26 and older, smoke these same brands.
(24) Tobacco company documents indicate that young people are an important and
often crucial segment of the tobacco market. Children, who tend to be more price
sensitive than adults, are influenced by advertising and promotion practices that result in
drastically reduced cigarette prices.
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(31) *** An overwhelming majority of Americans who use tobacco products begin
using such products while they are minors and become addicted to the nicotine in those
products before reaching the age of 18. Tobacco advertising and promotion play a crucial
role in the decision of these minors to begin using tobacco products. ****
(33) Tobacco dependence is a chronic disease, one that typically requires repeated
interventions to achieve long-term or permanent abstinence.
(34) Because the only known safe alternative to smoking is cessation, interventions
should target all smokers to help them quit completely.
(38) As the National Cancer Institute has found, many smokers mistakenly believe
that 'low tar' and 'light' cigarettes cause fewer health problems than other cigarettes. As
the National Cancer Institute has also found, mistaken beliefs about the health
consequences of smoking 'low tar' and 'light' cigarettes can reduce the motivation to quit
smoking entirely and thereby lead to disease and death.
(39) Recent studies have demonstrated that there has been no reduction in risk on a
population -wide basis from 'low tar' and 'light' cigarettes, and such products may
actually increase the risk of tobacco use.
(41) As the Federal Trade Commission has found, consumers have misinterpreted
advertisements in which one product is claimed to be less harmful than a comparable
product, even in the presence of disclosures and advisories intended to provide
clarification.
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(46) If manufacturers state or imply in communications directed to consumers
through the media or through a label, labeling, or advertising, that a tobacco product is
approved or inspected by the Food and Drug Administration or complies with Food and
Drug Administration standards, consumers are likely to be confused and misled.
Depending upon the particular language used and its context, such a statement could
result in consumers being misled into believing that the product is endorsed by the Food
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and Drug Administration for use or in consumers being misled about the harmfulness of
the product because of such regulation, inspection, approval, or compliance.
(47) In August 2006 a United States district court judge found that the major United
States cigarette companies continue to target and market to youth. USA v. Philip Morris,
USA, Inc., et al. (Civil Action No. 99-2496 (GK), August 17, 2006).
(48) In August 2006 a United States district court judge found that the major United
States cigarette companies dramatically increased their advertising and promotional
spending in ways that encourage youth to start smoking subsequent to the signing of the
Master Settlement Agreement in 1998. USA v. Philip Morris, USA, Inc., et al. (Civil
Action No. 99-2496 (GK), August 17, 2006).
(49) In August 2006 a United States district court judge found that the major United
States cigarette companies have designed their cigarettes to precisely control nicotine
delivery levels and provide doses of nicotine sufficient to create and sustain addiction
while also concealing much of their nicotine -related research. USA v. Philip Morris,
USA, Inc., et al. (Civil Action No. 99-2496 (OK), August 17, 2006).
Whereas, the Mayor and City Commission desire to discourage the unhealthy practice of
smoking tobacco products and to help prevent the addiction to nicotine, especially to by young
people; and
Whereas, flavored tobacco products mask the harsh taste and flavor of tobacco products
and encourage people to use the product and to become addicted to the nicotine contained in
tobacco products.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI, FLORIDA:
Section I.: Chapter 12, Health and Sanitation, Article I is hereby amended to add a new
section 12-21, titled Tobacco Control as follows:
"Section 12-21. Tobacco Control. The sale or possession with the intent to sell or for the
purpose of selling any tobacco products (including but not limited to snuff flour, plug and twist
tobacco, fine cuts, chewing tobacco, snus, shisha tobacco, smoking or snuffing tobacco,
cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco products and blunt wraps prepared in such a manner
and with the purpose of ingesting tobacco or nicotine by chewing, inhaling or smoking)
that contain any additional substance ("additive") , including but not limited to natural or
artificial favoring (other than tobacco or menthol) that masks or reduces the natural
characteristics of tobacco by affecting its favor, smell or taste, is hereby prohibited.
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(a) An offender of this ordinance shall be given a warning citation for the first offense.
An offender includes the person who sells the product as well as his or her employer and
all persons who control the individual who sells or who has custody or control of the
product with the intent to sell or for the purpose of selling the prohibited product. A
person includes individuals, legal entities and all persons or groups of people (such as
associations) or who have control of the person who violates this ordinance.
(b) An offender who violates this ordinance a second time, after being given a warning
for the first offense, shall be fined in the amount as set forth in the City's Fee Schedule
for a violation of this ordinance.
(c) An offender, who violates this ordinance three (3) times or more, shall be fined
three (3) times the amount that is set forth in the City's Fee Schedule for a violation of
this ordinance.
(d) The fine imposed by this ordinance shall be enforced in accordance with the
procedure set forth in section 2-25, of the City's Code of Ordinances, where
applicable.
Section 1: Codification. The provisions of this ordinance shall become and be made
part of the Code of Ordinances of the City of South Miami as amended; that the sections of this
ordinance may be renumbered or re -lettered to accomplish such intention; and that the word
"ordinance" may be changed to "section" or other appropriate word.
Section 2. Severability. If any section, clause, sentence, or phrase of this ordinance is
for any reason held invalid or unconstitutional by a court of competent jurisdiction, this holding
shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance.
Section 3. Ordinances in Conflict. All ordinances or parts of ordinances and all section
and parts of sections of ordinances in direct conflict herewith are hereby repealed. However, it is
not the intent of this section to repeal entire ordinances, or parts of ordinances, that give the
appearance of being in conflict when the two ordinances can be harmonized or when only a
portion of the ordinance in conflict needs to be repealed to harmonize the ordinances. If the
ordinance in conflict can be harmonized by amending its terms, it is hereby amended to
harmonize the two ordinances. Therefore, only that portion that needs to be repealed to
harmonize the two ordinances shall be repealed.
Section 4. Effective Date. This ordinance shall become effective three months after
enactment.
PASSED AND ENACTED this 6th day of December . , 2011.
ATTEST: APPROVED:
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CIT? CLERK
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2nd Reading
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COMMISSION VOTE:
Mayor Stoddard:
Vice Mayor Newman:
Commissioner Beasley:
Commissioner Palmer:
Commissioner Harris:
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MIAMi DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW
Published Daily except Saturday, Sunday and
Legal Holidays
Miami, Miaml.Dade County, Florida
STATE OF FLORIDA
COUNTY OF M1AM1-DADS:
Before the undersigned authority personally appeared
MARIA MESA, who on oath says that he or she Is the
LEGAL CLERK, Legal Notices of the Miami Daily Business
Review flk/a Miami Review, a daily (except Saturday, Sunday
and Legal Holidays) newspaper, published at Miami in Miami -Dade
County, Florida; that the attached copy of advertisement,
being a Legal Advertisement of Notice in the matter of
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
PUBLIC HEARING 12/6/2011
in the XXXX Court,
was published in said newspaper in the issues of
11/25/2011
Affiant further says that the said Miami Daily Business
Review is a newspaper published at Miami in saki Miami -Dade
County, Florida and that the said newspaper has
heretofore been continuously published in said Miami -Dade County,
Florida, each day (except Saturday, Sunday and Legal Holidays)
and has been entered as second class mail matter at the post
office in Miami in said Miami -Dade County, Florida, for a
period of one year next preceding the first publication of the
attached copy of advertisement; and affiant further says that he or
she has neither p.. • : :. ed any person, firm or corporation
any disoou e+ate, commissio or refund for the purpose
of se e + sement fo .ublication in the said
subscribed before me this
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every lust Wednesday of each
month.
'English Aizheirnet's Telephone
Support Group: Register for next
eight -week session.
'Caregiver Support Group: Regis-
ter (or next eight -week session-
1 o,m. Dec. 7. Caregiver Resource
Center, 8400 NW. 33rd St Suite
400,, Free. 30S-716.0710.
wvm.unitedhoinecaresom.
Venetian Pool: A Veneuen-style
lagoon carved out of coral rack, this
historic landmark and swimming
pool features Caves. Stone bridges
and waterfalls.
10 a.m. Nov. 27. Venetian Pool.
2701 De Soto Siva.. Coral Gables.
admission is Sit S7.35 kids 342: Coral
Gables residents $630, $3,95 kids
3-12. Kids 2 and under are not
allowed in the pool, 305-460-5306.
www.coralgablesvenedanpoolcom.
V'0lon Launch: tauntftrnyvisioacom
is hosting a groundbreaking event
providing a platform for leaders,
artists, musicians. and entrepreneurs
to put their visions In motion by
sharing them with hundreds of
Ike -minded individutis_
6 pm, Oec 10. Damian B. Content-
porary Att Center, 282 NW 36th St.,
Wynwood. Free. 305-494-5634.
vnmiaunch rm/visf on.com.
Wings Over Miami Air Museum:
Displays WWII aircraft, artifacts and
memorabilia; 10 am{5 p.m. Wednes-
day -Saturday and noon-5 pm.
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday dosed
10 am. Nov, 27. Wings over Miami
Air Museum, 14710 SW 128th 5t,
Kendall. 510, 5T seniors 61 and up. 56
kids 12 and under. 305-233-5197.
wv wwingsovermiami.com
Yoga Meditation Class: Learn a
simple, effective tray to meditate
light yoga and relaxation are part of
doss. InsWctoc Lawrence Huff-
10:30 a.m. Dec 17. Coral Gables
Branch Library, 3443 Segovia St,
Coral Gables. free. 305-926.3576.
ilovemeditationnet.
'Yoga aad Meditation Class: CoMa05i
Lawrence Huff for more information:
7 pet Oec. 7. West Dade Regional
Library, 9445 Cora/ Way.. free.
305-926.3578. ifaerneditationnet.
Yoga by the Sea at The Barnacle:
Restorative yoga practice, class for
an levels and Is held on grassy front
lawn of The Barnacle overlooking
Biscayne Bay. In case of rain, das31
meets in the Mscco Pavilion, Bring
mat, bloats and o strap..
6 curt. Nov. 28, The Barnacle f
Historic State Park, 3485 Main Hwy,
Coconut Grove. $13 per class, in -
etudes park entrance lee, limited i
Parking inside park, carpooling
reconmlendee
f loridastateparks.org/tnebarnade%
DANCE
A Whavllle Christmas / Maria
Verdela Scholl Of The Arts:
730 pm. Dec.8. Miami -Dade
County Auditorium, 2901 W. Ragler
St, West little Havana 524.
Alvin Alley American Dance
Theatre:
8 p.m. Feb. 23. Knight Concert Hall
At The Adrienne Anil Center,1300
Biscayne Blvd., Mc-d1e and Entertain-
ment District
Ballroom Dance: Ballroom dancing
lessons wig be heed every monday to
DJ Victors 'Gotta Dance Music".
includes minis, line dances and
refreshments_
7 pin. NOv 28. 51 Matthews
Episcopal Church, 7410 Sunset Drive.
South Mlam1. $2 Suggested Dona-
tion. 305-667.7715.
CITY OF SOUTH MIAMI
COURTESY NOTICE
NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the City Commission of the City of South Miami, Florida will
conduct Public Hearings at its regular City Commission meeting scheduled for Tuesday,
December 6, 2011, beginning at 7:30 pm., in the City Commission Chambers, 6130 Sunset
Drive, to consider the following item{s):
An Ordinance amending the Land Development Code to create a new Article XI, tided
"Historic Preservation Regulations' and to place all current regulations pertaining to
historic preservation into Article Xl; amending Section 20-6.1 (D) to change the procedure •
and criteria for appointing Historic Preservation Board members; amending all regulations
pertaining to historic preservation found in Sections 20-4.9, 20-4.11, 20-5.17, 20-5.18
and 20-5.19 to update the wording, modifying certain provisions related to the guidelines
concerning historic preservation designation, amending historic designation report
elements, amending the procedure for issuance of a demolition permit and appropriately
renumbering all of these Sections for infusion in Article Xl.
An Ordinance prohibiting the sale of tobacco products that contain additives that mask)
the natural characteristics of tobacco.
A Resolution to execute a 36 month lease agreement with Oce' North America, through
the State of Florida Contract H600-000-11-1, for Canon copier equipment, service, and
selected supplies for the "City of South Miami."
ALL interested parties are invited to attend and will be heard.
For further information, please contact the City Clerk's Office at: 305-663-6340.
Maria M. Menendez, CMC
City Clerk
pursuers to Florida Statutes 286.0105. the City hereby advisee the public that if a person decides to appeal arty
decision made by this Board, Agency or Commission with respect to any matter considered at Its meeting or
hearing, he or she Win need a record of the proceedings, and that for such purpose, affected parson may flood
to ensure that averbatim record o1 the proceedings is made which record includes the testimony and eviidoesce
upon which the appeal Is to be based.
CITY OF OPA-LOCKA
RFP NO:11-1912100
CITYWIDE SIDEWALK REHABILITATION AND CONSTRUCTION
Proposals for Citywide Sidewalk Rehabilitation and Construction will be received by the City of
0pa-locka at the Office of the City Clerk, 780 Fisherman Street, 4th Floor, 0pa-focka, Florida 33054,
Monday, December 19, 2011 at 1:00 PM. Any proposals received after the designated closing time wi6
be returned unopened.
The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to seek service of a qualified professional contractor to
provide construction services to the City of Opa-locka for the repair and/or replacement and construction
of sidewalk throughout the City.
A mandatory pre -bid meeting will be held on Tuesday, Decemberl3, 2011 at 10:00 AM at 780 Fisherman
Street, 2nd floor, 0pa-locka, Fl 33054.
An original and five (5) copies a total of six (6) plus 1 copy of the proposal on CD's in PDF format of
the proposal shall be submitted in sealed envelopes/packages addressed to Deborah S. Irby, City Clerk,
City of 0pa-locks, Florida, and marked Citywide Sidewalk Rehabilitation and Construction. Proposers
desiring information for use in preparing proposals may obtain a set of such documents from the
Clerk's Office, 780 Fisherman Street, 4111 Floor, 0pa-locka, Florida 33054, Telephone (305) 953-2868 or
copies of the RFP N0:11-1912100 requirements may also be obtained by visiting the City's website at
vnvw.opatockaf.gov, (click RFC /PROPOSALS" located on the right hand side of the screen and follow
the instructions).
The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive any technicalities or
Irregularities therein. The City further reserves the right to award the contract to that proposer whose
proposal best complies with the RFP N0:11-1912100 requirements. Proposers may not withdraw their
proposal for a period of ninety (90) days from the date set for the opening thereof.
Deborah S. Irby, CMC
City Clerk
CITY OF OPA-LOCKA
RFP NO: 11-2012100
NW 143 Street Drainage and Roadway
Improvements
Proposals for NW 143 Street Drainage and Roadway Improvements will be received by the
City of 0pa-locka at the Office of the City Clerk, 780 Fisherman Street, 4', Floor, Opa-locka,
Florida 33054, Tuesday, December 20.2011 by 1:00 a,m, Any proposals received after the
designated closing time will be returned unopened.
The purpose of this Request for Proposals is to seek service of a qualified professional
contractor to provide construction services to the City of Opa-locka for NW 143 Street
Drainage and Roadway Improvements,
A mandatory Pre -Bid meeting Is scheduled for Thursday. December 15.2011 at 10:00 AM
780 Fisherman Street, 2'4 Floor, Opa-locka, FL 33054.
An original and five (5) copies a total of six (8) plus 1 copy of the proposal on CD's in
PDF format of the proposal shall be submitted in sealed envelopes/packages addressed
to Deborah S. Irby, City Clerk, City of Opa-locka, Florida, and marked NW 143 Street
Drainage and Roadway Improvements. Proposers desiring information for use in
preparing proposals may obtain a set of such documents from the Clerk's Office,
780 Fisherman Street, 4r Floor, Opa-tocka, Florida 33054, Telephone (305) 953-2800 or copies
of the RFP NO: 11-2012100 requirements may also be obtained by visiting the Clty's website
at www.opalockafl.gov, (click "RFCUPROPOSALS° located on the right hand side of the
.screen and follow the Instructions).
The City reserves the right to accept or reject any and all proposals and to waive any
technicalities or irregularities therein. The City further reserves the right to award the contract
to that proposer whose proposal best complies with the RFP N0:11-2012100 requirements.
Proposers may not withdraw their proposal for a period of ninety (80) days from the date set
for the opening thereof.
Deborah S. Irby, CMC
City Clerk