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Exhibit A <br />CHAPTER 18.109 RETAILERS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND PARAPHERNALIA <br />18.109.010 Purpose and intent. <br />It is the purpose and intent. of this chapter to reduce -the exposure of youth the tobacco <br />products and tobacco paraphernalia in advertisement and productplacement at retail <br />establishments near public schools, public parks and public recreational facilities. These are <br />places.where youth congregate, as well as travel to and from frequently. By eliminating-. <br />tobacco retail sales along frequent youth. travel routes, this decreases youth exposure to and <br />availability of tobacco products. The intent is to reduce youth smoking and use of tobacco <br />products. <br />18.109.020 Definitions. <br />For purposes of this chapter, certain words and terms are defined. as follows: <br />A.. "Public park" means a site or parcel of land owned by a public agency and open to the <br />.public for.active or.passive recreational activity (e.g: neighborhood or community city. <br />parks, East Bay Regional Park District park). This definition excludes public trails. <br />B. "Public recreational facility" means a site or parcel of land owned by a public agency and. <br />improved with a building or other facility, open to the public for active or passive <br />recreational activity (e.g. city senior center, city aquatic center). <br />C. "-Public school' means a site or parcel. of land owned by a public school district where <br />instruction is provided, and includes the buildings and related recreation fields. <br />D. "Tobacco paraphernalia" means cigarette papers or wrappers, blunt.wraps, pipes, holders <br />of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, e -cigarette. liquid pods and <br />any other item designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products. <br />E. "Tobacco. product" means any of the following: <br />1. A product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for - <br />human. consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, <br />snorted, sniffed, or ingested by.any other means, including, but not limited to, <br />cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, -pipe tobacco, or snuff. <br />2. An electronic device that delivers nicotine or other vaporized liquids to -the person <br />inhaling from the device; including; but.not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, <br />pipe, or hookah. <br />.3. Any: component, part,or accessory of a tobacco product, whether or not sold <br />separately: <br />4. Exception. "Tobacco product" does not include a product that has been approved . <br />-by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as :a tobacco cessation. . <br />product. or for other therapeutic purposes where the product. is marketed and sold <br />solely for.such an approved purpose: <br />3. <br />