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Redondo Beach: Tell your council member to oppose harmful tobacco regulations!

The Redondo Beach City Council is considering adopting a tobacco retail licensing ordinance that may ban the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes, and establish a cigar minimum pack size. These regulations go too far!

If passed, local retailers would see sales drop as their adult customers travel to competitors in nearby towns to make tobacco purchases—while there, they may also buy other products that your store depends on! This measure hurts Redondo Beach businesses and hits your bottom line.

Your voice matters. Tell your City Council Member to VOTE NO!

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Letter 1

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I am disappointed to learn that some members of our City Council want to require Redondo Beach retailers to obtain a tobacco retail license without first seeking input from retailers.

The regulations being considered could potentially devastate responsible retailers that sell tobacco products across the city. It could also put local jobs at risk!

My business employs your constituents and contributes to our local economy. The proposed Tobacco Retail License ordinance would directly impact my bottom line by driving my adult customers to stores in neighboring towns where they can buy milk, bread, and other products that my store depends on.

In the last year, there have been significant changes in state law that impact tobacco retailers including:	
	
1. The passage of six bills that further regulate the sale and use of tobacco including raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to age 21, regulating e-cigarettes as tobacco products and expanding the ban on smoking in workplaces.

2. The Board of Equalization increased its state licensing fees from a one- time fee of $100 for a tobacco license to an annual license fee of $265. This fee increase is intended to provide the BOE with more revenue to ensure that tobacco retailers are in compliance with state tobacco laws.

3. The passage of Prop 56 increased the cost of a pack of cigarettes by $2 per pack effective April 1, 2017.

The intent of these measures was to restrict youth access to tobacco products, increase the number and frequency of compliance checks for licensed tobacco retailers and reduce the rate of smoking statewide.

I believe that there are adequate state laws in place regulating tobacco products.  A local tobacco retail license is an unnecessary and expensive burden on my business.  If the Council intends to introduce a tobacco retail license, impacted businesses like mine should have the opportunity to review and comment on the proposed regulations before they are introduced and voted on by the City Council.

Thank you for your time and consideration of this important matter.

Your communication will be emailed to the appropriate decision maker.

Redondo Beach: Tell your council member to oppose harmful tobacco regulations!

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