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Council aligns local vaping rules with state law and approves CDBG funding recommendations
Summary
Palm Desert council voted 5–0 to adopt ordinance language aligning electronic smoking device and flavored‑tobacco definitions with state law (exempting FDA‑approved cessation products) after public comment from a 7‑Eleven franchisee; the council also approved the outside agency committee's Community Development Block Grant recommendations for program year 2026–27.
The Palm Desert City Council on March 12 approved two formal items: an ordinance update that aligns local definitions of electronic smoking devices and flavored tobacco products with state law, and the outside‑agency committee’s funding recommendations for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program year 2026–27.
Aaron Buckman, representing a local 7‑Eleven franchisee, urged the council to reject additional restrictions and described nicotine pouches as a personally effective cessation aid during his three‑minute public comment. "I…
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