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Ordinance 2208 Page 4 of 12 Exhibit A Amend Chapter 9.32 TOBACCO RESTRICTIONS as follows: Article I. Tobacco Restrictions 9.32.010 Legislative findings and declarations. 9.32.020 Definitions. Article II. Flavored Tobacco Restrictions 9.32.030 Prohibition on the sale of flavored tobacco citywide 9.32.040 Sale of flavored tobacco by wholesalers and distributors Article III. Electronic Smoking Devices and Related Paraphernalia Restrictions 9.32.050 Prohibition on the sale of electronic smoking devices and related paraphernalia citywide 9.32.060 Sale of electronic smoking devices and related paraphernalia by wholesalers and distributors Article IV. Minimum Prices and Package Sizes for Tobacco Products 9.32.065 Tobacco Product Pricing and Packaging Article I. Tobacco Restrictions 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. B. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cigarette smoking is responsible for more than 480,000 deaths per year in the United States, including more than 41,000 deaths resulting from secondhand smoke exposure. C. The Cal. Department of Public Health (CDPH) Tobacco Control Program reports in Tobacco Facts and Figures 2018 that in California 63.6% of current cigarette smokers started by the age of 18, and that the overall tobacco use rate among California high school students is at 13.6%. D. Youth under 21 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 underage youth, self-service displays of tobacco products in tobacco stores, and seeing other underage youth with e-cigarettes in public parks or other youth gathering areas. The CDPH reports in its Young Adult Tobacco Purchase Survey 2019 that underage decoys were able to purchase a variety of tobacco products from many retail locations at a 21.6% violation rate in Alameda County. 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.