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Glendale council backs updating smoking ordinance to cover e-cigarettes and to match state, federal tobacco‑21 law
Summary
Staff recommended—and the council agreed in consensus—to amend the city’s smoking pollution control ordinance to define e-cigarettes and vaping and to align the local purchase/possession age with recent federal and state increases to 21; staff recommended keeping petty‑offense fines unchanged.
Glendale staff told the council on Aug. 12 that the city’s 1987 smoking pollution control ordinance needs updates to cover e‑cigarettes and to align the legal age to purchase and possess tobacco‑related products with federal and state law.
Staff explained the current municipal definition of “smoking” refers to burning tobacco, plant or weed and therefore does not capture…
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