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Public health advocates urge Cotati to adopt tobacco retail licensing; council asks staff to add item to workplan
Summary
Speakers urged Cotati to require tobacco retail licenses to curb youth vaping and flavored tobacco sales; council instructed city manager to add a tobacco retail licensing item to the strategic/projects list for staff review, including enforcement considerations.
Several public commenters urged the Cotati City Council to adopt a tobacco retail licensing ordinance to reduce youth access to vaping and flavored tobacco products.
Pam Granger, chair of the Tobacco Free Sonoma County Community Coalition, told the council she recommended a tobacco retail license that would allow the city to fund local enforcement and education, and to levy fines and revoke permissions to sell products. “Tobacco retail license is one way of reducing young people's access and availability to tobacco products,” Granger said during the public‑comment period. Granger provided the council with a model policy packet and asked…
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