But first, Smokefree Air!
Congratulations to Tiburon, CA on becoming the third community to adopt a policy to end the sale of tobacco products, and the first to pass a policy without any exemptions. Communities that have achieved strong smokefree air protections in workplaces and public places, and have taken steps to expand smokefree protections, such as including multi-unit housing and ensuring that definitions are inclusive of cigars, vaping products, and cannabis, may be well suited to working on innovative tobacco retails sales policies including ending the sale of all tobacco products. The law takes effect in December.
We support jurisdictions in taking local action to adopt policies that regulate the tobacco retail sales environment as way to help ensure communities are free from the tobacco industry’s harm and influence, including creating a healthier environment for youth and young adults, especially as the tobacco industry continues to innovate products, including nicotine pouches like Zyn and new-wave vaping products, that are designed and marketed to addict a new generation to nicotine and maintain the industry’s bottom line at the expense of the health and wellbeing of our communities.
