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Council hears proposal to align city tobacco-retailer license with county; officials cite youth vaping data
Summary
City Clerk Marissa Stoler briefed the Pueblo City Council on proposed changes to the tobacco‑retailer license on April 28, including raising handling‑age limits, increasing fees and strengthening penalties to reduce youth access to tobacco and vaping products.
City Clerk Marissa Stoler briefed the Pueblo City Council on April 28 on proposed changes to the city’s tobacco‑retailer license intended to align rules with a potential Pueblo County license and to reduce youth access to tobacco products and vapes.
Stoler summarized the city’s tobacco‑licensing history and presented data from the Healthy Kids Colorado survey showing increases in youth access to retail tobacco in Pueblo County. She reported that, in county survey results Stoler cited, 70.84 percent of students in 2021 and 80.51 percent in 2023 said they were not refused a tobacco purchase because of their age; 53.3 percent said they believed it would be easy to obtain vapes; and 13.1 percent…
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