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CityCouncil | 2018-01-16 | 19 | Note: Vice Mayor Vella left the dais at 10:58 p.m. and returned at 11:00 p.m. Urged Council to support strong tobacco retail licensing for the City of Alameda; distributed candy samples to show similarity to the tobacco packaging: Rosalyn Moya, Alameda County Tobacco Free Coalition. Expressed concern with the marketing of tobacco products to youth; urged Council to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco: Rachel Gratz-Lazarus, Alameda. Urged Council to create strong laws to protect youth from accessing flavored tobacco products: Kelsey Norman, ACTCC. Urged Council to protect youth in the retail environment and support the licensure: Limairy Rodriguez, ACTCC. Stated banning the products from retailers will not solve the problem and would only create a black market: Yazeed Dames, Alameda Retailer. Stated that he opposes the measure; the City will lose tax dollars; discussed flavored tobaccos being used for cannabis: Raed Abdallah, Alameda Retailer. Discussed Senate Bill 1400; stated other cities are working with retailers to devise a program and work together and find a solution: Bob Sekhon. Stated retailers do not sell to minors; the black market and adult family members give tobacco to minors; the tobacco tax goes to education of youth; urged Council to give the tax a chance to work: Ann Sekhon. Urged Council to have a plan to reduce youth access to tobacco: Serena Chen, Alameda. Stated licensing allows for cities to decide the standards for retailers selling tobacco products and holds retailers accountable: Paul Cummings, Alameda County Public Health. Urged Council to limit access to flavored tobacco products: Lizzie Velten, American Heart Association. Read a poem he wrote about addiction to tobacco in the Black community: Rasheed Shabazz, Alameda. Stated that he is a retailer and does not sell to minors; urged Council to allow the tobacco tax initiative to work: Paul Sekhon. Regular Meeting Alameda City Council 18 January 16, 2018 | CityCouncil/2018-01-16.pdf |