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Celina PorrasSupervising Attorney
Tobacco Enforcement Operations
E-Cigarettes: Local Policy
and Enforcement Updates
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Mike Feuer, City Attorney
Office of the Los Angeles
City Attorney
Tobacco Enforcement Operations
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• Regulation
• Legislation
• Enforcement
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Regulation
Left fully intact state and local authority to restrict the
sale, distribution, and possession of tobacco products.
2009 Family Smoking Prevention and
Tobacco Control Act
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Local Regulation
• Tobacco Enforcement Program (TEP) began in 2000
and was the first tobacco retail licensing program in the
State of California.
• Goal was to reduce youth access to tobacco products.
• Currently, approximately 4,700 permitted retailers in
City of LA.
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- $300 per year (In 2020 will increase to $437)
- Required in order to sell any product that contains nicotine
(including e-cigarettes) and any tobacco paraphernalia
- Sales from fixed locations only. Sales from residences
prohibited, no street peddling and sales from vehicles
- Misdemeanor violation of LAMC 46.91(a) to sell without a Permit
2019
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Issued by the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration
(formerly known as The Board of Equalization)
State of California Cigarette and
Tobacco Products License
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The Tobacco Enforcement Program (TEP)
• Yearly contract with the California Dept of Public Health,
Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement (STAKE) Unit
for State investigators to conduct undercover minor decoy
compliance checks
• Suspends Permits for violations
• Conducts retailer outreach
• Conducts youth-centered tobacco-use prevention
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LEGISLATION 2014
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2016
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2016
• Included e-cigarettes in the State law
definition of a tobacco product
• Prohibited the use of e-cigarettes in
smokefree areas
• Raised the legal sales age for tobacco
products to 21*
2016 State Tobacco Legislation
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It is unlawful to furnish any of these items to a minor under 21 (irrespective of nicotine content). PC 308(a)
Juul
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2016
May 2016: FDA deems e-cigarettes to be “tobacco
products” and covered by the 2009 Tobacco Control
Act.
May 2017: FDA extends compliance period for e-
cigarettes to 2022.
March 2018: FDA sued for extending the deadline
to 2022 and leaving e-cigarettes on the market and
unregulated. FDA lost.
New deadline: May 2020
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Recent State
Legislation
• California Senate Bill 38 (2018)
• California Assembly Bill 1639 (2019)
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Recent Local Legislation
• June 2017 : Ordinance banning the sale
of flavored tobacco products
• June 2018: Ballot referendum by tobacco
industry failed
• June 2019: Ordinance banning sale of all
e-cigarettes that lack FDA approval
• November 2019: New referendum will be
on ballot
San Franscisco
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Recent Local Legislation
• City Attorney’s Report to City Council
transmitted September 18, 2019.
• City Attorney Mike Feuer recommends a
complete ban on the sale of flavored tobacco
products without exemption.
• Matter will next be considered by the
HENPAR Committee before the end of the year.
City of Los Angeles
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Enforcement
• STAKE Act Investigations
• Penal Code 308 Investigations
• Civil Litigation
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UNLAWFUL SALES
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Funded by the California Department of Justice
Tobacco Law Enforcement Grant Program
(Proposition 56 Tobacco Tax)
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