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Health advocates press Loma Linda council to adopt tobacco retail licensing after local decoy tests
Summary
Public‑health presenters showed local data that several Loma Linda retailers sold tobacco to underage decoys and urged the council to consider a local tobacco‑retail license to fund enforcement; multiple community speakers, including students and public‑health researchers, asked the city to act.
Public‑health advocates urged the Loma Linda City Council to adopt a local tobacco retail license ordinance after presenters described local data showing continued youth access to flavored and other tobacco products.
Monica Gracian, director of program services for the California Health Collaborative, told the council the collaborative oversees the San Bernardino County Tobacco Control Program and presented state policy context and local data. She said Loma Linda had 11 licensed tobacco retailers (10 reported selling products) and cited a…
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