CHAPTER 115: TOBACCO REGULATIONS
Lake Lillian Ordinance Code - Business Regulations
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CHAPTER 115: TOBACCO REGULATIONS
Section
115.01 Purpose and intent
115.02 Licensing and regulating authority
§ 115.01 PURPOSE AND INTENT.
Because the city recognizes that many persons under the age of 18 years purchase or otherwise
obtain, possess and use tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices, and the sales,
possession, and use are violations of both state and federal laws; and because studies, which the
city hereby accepts and adopts, have shown that most smokers begin smoking before they have
reached the age of 18 years and that those persons who reach the age of 18 years without having
started smoking are significantly less likely to begin smoking; and because smoking has been
shown to be the cause of several serious health problems which subsequently place a financial
burden on all levels of government; this chapter shall be intended to regulate the sale, possession
and use of tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices for the purpose of enforcing and
furthering existing laws, to protect minors against the serious effects associated with the illegal use
of tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices, and to further the official public policy
of the state in regard to preventing young people from starting to smoke as stated in M.S. §
144.391, as it may be amended from time to time.
§ 115.02 LICENSING AND REGULATING AUTHORITY
The licensing and regulating authority of the sale, use and possession of tobacco, tobacco products
and tobacco related devices in the city shall be regulated by ordinance adopted by Kandiyohi
County. No person shall sell or offer to sell any tobacco, tobacco products or tobacco related
device without first having obtained a license to so from the County.