E-cigarettes now included in town’s definition of tobacco products.
The Los Gatos Town Council unanimously voted to update its tobacco sales ordinance at its Oct. 3 meeting, increasing the fines for retail violations and including e-cigarettes in the town’s definition of tobacco products.The town council unanimously voted to update its tobacco sales ordinance at its Oct. 3 meeting, increasing the fines for retail violations and including e-cigarettes in the town’s definition of tobacco products.
Fines for retailers who sell tobacco products without a tobacco selling permit went up from $100 to $2,500 for the first offense, and from $200 to $5,000 for a second offense within five years. Carol Baker, co-chair of the Tobacco Free Coalition of Santa Clara County, said at the meeting that these ordinances are an important way to protect young people from tobacco products.The Los Gatos Town Council voted five years ago to adopt an ordinance to regulate the sales of tobacco in town, requiring retailers to obtain permits, prohibiting the sale of flavored tobacco products and prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to minors.
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