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Arroyo Grande council introduces ordinance to ban unapproved e-cigarettes, align age limits with state and federal law
Summary
Council introduced amendments to Arroyo Grande Municipal Code sections 8.36.020 and 8.36.050 to raise the tobacco purchasing age to 21 for all and to close a local loophole allowing sales of electronic smoking devices lacking FDA premarket authorization.
The Arroyo Grande City Council on June 10 introduced an ordinance to amend municipal code sections 8.36.020 and 8.36.050 to prohibit retail sales of electronic smoking devices that have not received required Food and Drug Administration premarket review and to align the local minimum purchase age with state and federal law.
Interim Police Chief David Culver said the amendments would "bring the city's municipal code in line with those federal and state statutes" and recommended removing language that referenced a federal premarket-review exception. Culver told council the change "in essence closes the loophole, and allows, for no sales of electronic cigarettes or vapes to be sold, within the city." Staff framed the move as a local enforcement tool while the…
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