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Austin public health recommends zoning to keep tobacco and e-cigarette retailers 1,000 feet from schools
Summary
Austin Public Health told the committee it found more than 600 retailers within 1,000 feet of schools and, after legal review, recommended a zoning ordinance (with grandfathering and exemptions) plus code updates to include synthetic nicotine and nicotine analogs.
Austin Public Health staff told the Public Health Committee on April 1 that their research and stakeholder engagement found existing legal and enforcement constraints that make a local tobacco retail licensing approach infeasible in Texas, and recommended using a zoning ordinance to restrict new tobacco and e-cigarette retailers within 1,000 feet of schools and child-care centers.
Cassandra de Leon, deputy director of Austin Public Health, and Stephanie (staff lead on the resolution response) summarized the research: mapping identified more than 600 current retailers located within 1,000 feet of a school or daycare. The staff team evaluated three mechanisms for achieving the resolution's goal'local…
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