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Attachment 1 SUMMARY OF TOBACCO RETAILERS CONCERNS REGARDING YOUTH COMMISSION'S PROPOSED TOBACCO REGULATIONS SUMMARY City staff met with tobacco retailers on Wednesday November 20th. Invitations were mailed to about 40 license holders, and 10 came to this informal meeting. The goal was to explain the tobacco restrictions being proposed by the Youth Commission, and to hear retailers' questions and concerns. DISCUSSION Comments about the Youth Commission's proposals are listed below, as well as overall comments and process considerations. Ban flavored tobacco. A. Adult clients enjoy flavored pipe tobacco and will lose access a. Adult client (80 -year-old grandmother) buys watermelon and fruit e - cigarettes B. High percentage of sales at a tobacco store are flavored tobacco, so ban would end business C. Aromatic and flavored pipe tobacco should not be included in ban, as young people are not smoking pipes 2. Ban e -cigarettes. A. Vaping gets people to stop smoking cigarettes B. Adults enjoy vaping C. 55% of sales from e -cigarettes at a tobacco store — so ban would end business D. Just ban e -cigarettes, not flavored tobacco, no 1,000 foot buffer, and no minimum pack sizes and prices 3. Prohibit tobacco sales within 1,000 feet of public parks, public schools and public recreational facilities. A. If gas stations cannot sell cigarettes to adults, will also lose business when adult goes elsewhere to buy gas, food, etc. B. Want restriction only 500 feet from public schools, and not public parks or public recreational facilities C. Want restriction only 1,000 feet from public schools, and not public parks or public recreational facilities 4. Minimum pack sizes and pricing. A. Proposal about pack sizes does not reflect manufacturers pack sizes B. Need clarity about exemptions for $10 cigars and hand -rolled cigars; meaning that $7 hand -rolled cigar allowed