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4. To promote generally the health and.welfare of all people in the community
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<br />against the health hazards and harmful effects of using addictive tobacco products.
<br />9.32.020 Definitions.
<br />For the purposes_of this chapter, the following terms shall be defined .as set forth herein:.
<br />A. "Cigarette vending machine" means any electronic or mechanical device or appliance the
<br />operation of which depends upon the insertion of money, whether in coin or paper bill; or
<br />other, thing representative of value, which dispenses or releases a tobacco product and/or
<br />tobacco accessories.
<br />B. "Distribution" .means to give, sell, .deliver; dispense, issue, or cause or hire any person to
<br />give, sell, deliver, dispense, issue or offer to- give, sell, .deliver, dispense or issue.
<br />C. "E-cigarette" means an,. activated or functioning device, whether an electronic cigarette as
<br />_.defined by California Health .and Safety Code Section. 119405.("e-cigarette") or a similar
<br />device, including; but not limited to, a device intended to emulate smoking, which permits a -
<br />person to.inhale vapors or mists that may or may not-include nicotine:
<br />D. "Minimum Pack Size" for -the sale of cigars, cigarillos-and little cigars:
<br />f. Cigars-. a minimum pack of six
<br />2. Cigarillos — a minimum pack of twenty-five
<br />- 3. Little cigars —'a minimum pack of twenty
<br />E. "Person" shalf mean an individual, firm,:partnership, joint venture, unincorporated
<br />association, corporation, estate, trust, trustee, or any other group orcombination of the above
<br />acting as a unit, excepting .however the United States of America the.state-of California; and
<br />any -political subdivision or unit thereof:
<br />F€. "Tobacco .accessories" means cigarette papers or wrappers, pipes, holders of smoking
<br />materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines,, e=cigarette liquid pods and any other item
<br />designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products.
<br />G. "Tobacco product sample" means a. tobacco product and/or tobacco accessories
<br />distributed.-to members of the general public at no. cost or.at:a nominal cost for product.
<br />promotional purposes.
<br />..Hb. "Tobacco product" means any substance .containing tobacco. leaf, including but not
<br />limited to cigarettes, cigars, e-cigarette, e-cigarette liquid;. smoking. tobacco, .and smokeless
<br />tobacco.
<br />0.32.030 Sale of cigarettes- and other tobacco products from vending machines
<br />prohibited-Exception .
<br />A. Except as provided. in.subsection. D. of.this section, no. person_ shall locate, install, keep,
<br />maintain or Use, orpermit the location, installation, keeping,-maintenance or-use.on his, her.
<br />or its premises of any cigarette vending machine used or.intended .to be used for,the purpose
<br />of selling or distributing any tobacco products-therefrom:.
<br />B. Any cigarette vending machine in use on the effective date of the ordinance codified in this
<br />chapter-shall be. removed within 120 days after the effective date of the ordinance codified in
<br />this:chapter. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, any cigarette vending machine which is
<br />the.subject of a written contract -authorizing its installation which. was entered into prior to the
<br />enactment of the ordinance. codified in this chapter shall. be removed within. 30 days.after the
<br />date specified in subsections 1o 2-of this subsection, whichever occurs later.•
<br />1. The first date on which permissive, termination of the written contract bythe.person
<br />on whose premises'the cigarette vending machine is located could take effect if said. person
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