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College students urge Palm Desert to adopt tobacco retail license to curb flavored-product sales to youth

2958233 · April 11, 2025
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Public commenters from the College of the Desert urged Palm Desert’s council to adopt a local tobacco retail licensing system to enable enforcement of state flavor bans and reduce youth access; councilmembers acknowledged the concern but took no immediate action.

Two College of the Desert students spoke during non-agenda public comment Thursday to urge the City of Palm Desert to adopt a comprehensive tobacco-retail licensing ordinance that would strengthen enforcement of state flavor bans and reduce youth access to flavored tobacco.

Miguel Gonzalez, who said he…

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