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TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM: The Law Department at the Request of Alderman Bugg
DATE: May 5, 2021
SUBJECT:
An ordinance imposing an additional requirement on new tobacco sale licensees in order to sell alternative nicotine products.
PURPOSE:
This ordinance will new require licensees that would like to sell alternative nicotine products, alternative tobacco products, or vapor products to obtain an endorsement to their license to sell these products.
BACKGROUND:
Chapter 13 provides for licensing for the sale of tobacco, cigarette, alternative nicotine products, alternative tobacco products and vapor products. In 2018, City Council amended the ordinance to add additional language to include alternative nicotine products, alternative tobacco products and vapor products as new items were being introduced in the market.
Recently, there has been a flurry of new tobacco licensees locating in the City, including in Ward 9, that have focused their business on the sales of alternative tobacco or nicotine products and vapor products. Recognizing that these products are more attractive to younger persons than more traditional tobacco products, further limitations on the privilege of selling in the City may be appropriate.
DISCUSSION:
At the request of Alderman Edward Bugg, the Law Department has developed the attached ordinance as one possible method of addressing the situation in the short-run.
Currently, the holder of a license issued under Chapter 13 of the Code of Ordinances may offer for sale a variety of tobacco products, including cigarettes, cigars, and alternative nicotine or vaping products.
This proposal limits the privileges automatically granted under a Chapter 13 license issued on or after May 15, 2021, to the retail sale of cigarettes, cigars, and more conventional tobacco products only. In order to sell alternative tobacco or nicotine products or vape products (as the terms are already defined in the Code), a license holder ...
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