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Youth advocates and county health staff urge Novato to strengthen tobacco retail rules to curb teen nicotine use
Summary
High-school members of a Youth Advocacy Committee and Marin County health staff presented data showing rising teen nicotine use in Marin and urged Novato to update local Tobacco Retail Licenses with measures such as minimum prices, pack sizes and bans on discounts, flavored e‑cigs and nicotine pouches; council asked questions but took no formal action.
A group of high school students and county public-health officials told the Novato City Council on March 10 that the city should tighten local tobacco retail licensing to reduce youth nicotine use.
The Youth Advocacy Committee, joined by Marin County Health and Human Services, presented California Healthy Kids Survey results they said show youth tobacco and vaping rates rising in parts of Marin and — they said — a Novato average higher than the statewide rate. Students identified specific policy changes they favor: raising minimum retail prices (presentations used $12 per pack as an example), requiring larger minimum pack sizes, banning…
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