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Exhibit A Chapter 9.32 RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESSIBILITY TO CIGARETTES AND OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS 9.32.010 Legislative findings and declarations. The city council hereby finds and determines that the adoption of this chapter is necessary to the promotion of the public health, safety and welfare. Each of the reasons set forth below provides a separate and independent basis for the council's adoption of this chapter. A. Substantial scientific evidence supports the causal relationship between using tobacco products and the deadly diseases such as lung cancer, chronic bronchitis, heart disease, emphysema and other types of cancer. The Surgeon General of the United States has determined that smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in this country and as of 2014 42 million adults and 3 million middle school and high school students continue to smoke. B. An estimated annual 34-40,000 deaths in the state of California aft 434,175 deaths amide -are caused by E+garette moking related illnesses each year per the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). AeR to tke�tute vit y is eve C. 90,reFGeRt Of Gigarette smoking nit.atien nrniirc ho�rc1B.P. the am 18 years, and many children are partiGularly attra,.fe_d t„ o_,.igarettesln 2017, the CDC found that 19.5% of U.S. high school youth reported currently using any tobacco product. D. Minors currently have ready access to cigarettes and other tobacco products as a result of noncompliance with existing laws that prohibit the sale of such tobacco products to minors, low-priced small package tobacco products, and the widespread availability of cigarette vending machines, the free distribution of tobacco products in public places, and seeing other minors with e -cigarettes in public parks or other youth gathering areas. E. The free distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco products encourages people to begin smoking and using tobacco products and thereby become addicted to the habit, discourages people from quitting smoking, and tempts those who had quit smoking to begin smoking again. Encouraging smoking and discouraging those who are currently smoking from overcoming the habit endangers the public health by leading more people into habits that cause illness and death. F. Free distribution of cigarettes and other tobacco product promotes unsightly litter, thereby increasing the costs to the public in cleaning the streets; and also causes pedestrian traffic congestion. G. The compelling purpose and intent of this chapter includes: 1. To prevent young people from using nicotine until they are mature and capable of making an informed and rational decision; 2. To reduce significantly the ability of young people from illegally obtaining tobacco products by banning cigarette vending machines, aftprohibiting the free distribution of tobacco products in public places, and banning low-priced small packages of tobacco products which are more affordable to youth; 3. To reduce the ability of young people to possess e -cigarettes in public parks or other public places where youth gather, as that may influence other youth to try such tobacco products; and