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ti; l � tai ! j (� ��, �. '- �::• <br />WHEREAS, tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United <br />States, and almost 90 percent of tobacco users started before they were 18 years old; and <br />WHEREAS, research from the Harvard School of Public Health found that tobacco <br />manufacturers are targeting youth with flavored products that mask the harsh and toxic properties <br />found in tobacco smoke and spit residue; and <br />WHEREAS, tobacco manufacturers are banned from directly or indirectly targeting youth <br />in advertising,, marketing and promotion of tobacco products aimed at initiating, maintaining or <br />increasing youth use of tobacco in an ordinance with the 1998 Master Settlement Agreement; and <br />WHEREAS, internal tobacco industry documents strongly suggest that manufacturers <br />intentionally target youth through the various flavors in tobacco products and their marketing; and <br />WHEREAS, tobacco companies use youth- oriented colorful and stylish packaging, and <br />exploit adolescents' attraction to flavors such as Green Apple, Cherry, Root Beer, French Vanilla, <br />Grape, Mango, Peach and numerous other flavors identified in retail outlets in Seminole County; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, according to the 2012 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey, 5.2% of middle <br />schools students and 17 %.5 of high schools students have tried flavored cigars; and <br />WHEREAS, a survey of tobacco selling merchants conducted by the Students Working <br />Against Tobacco students found that 100% of tobacco retailers sell tobacco products of various <br />kinds; and <br />WHEREAS, flavored tobacco products are defined as loose tobacco, snuff flour, plug and <br />twist tobacco, fine cuts, long cuts, chewing tobaccos, dissolvable tobaccos, snus, shisha tobaccos, <br />cigarettes, cigarillo, cigars, other smoking and snuffing products, and all other forms of tobacco <br />products that contain any product or additive, either artificial or natural, that is designed to be a <br />characterizing flavor of either the tobacco product or the byproduct it produces. <br />NOW, VY, THERA�FORE, BE IT RESOLVE, D BY q�{�THE CITY COMMISSION OF THE <br />CITY OF CASSELBE F, FLORIDA, AS FOLLOWS: S: <br />