Provide feedback on a proposed ordinance that would establish a tobacco sales license, enact fees to ensure compliance, and raise the minimum age of tobacco purchase to 21 years old.
Do you support establishing a tobacco sales license in the City of Tempe?
Yes
Why or why not?
Yes, however isn’t this more of a State legislation Licencing or laws for AZ. I honestly feel as a city, you’re being a little ambitious & overreaching your power from city dealing with State Legislators lawmaking decisions. You’re acting like influencers for the Stare. But raising the State legal age to 21 takes the State Legislation. In my opinion, you’re voting on items in the wrong forum and from the improper elected offices, this is a Stare decision. Not one for the City Of Tempe.
If a tobacco sales license is established, do you support the proposed fees to ensure compliance?
Yes
Why or why not?
Yes I support the fees. I ask though, Do you support holding the minors who smoke under the age of 21 accountable with tickets & fines? The minor who is in possession of tobacco is breaking the law, but you have absolutely NO consequences for these teens and young adults. Why? You expect adults to act within the law, but as adults we have consequences for breaking laws, so why then do you let minors run the streets of Tempe with tobacco products and no punishments for the youths. In their schools, where is the fines and punishment. When you start holding everyone accountable for proper use, and tobacco sales. Then will this be a just and fair law or ordinance. If any of you are parents, if you don’t have consequences for your child and you ask them to stop…will they…we all know the answer is NO, not without sufficient punishment for the minor. And that minor is truly breaking the law when it comes to tobacco! So punish the right people, hold the stores to our professionalism. And hold the minors to obeying the laws!! Instead of continuing to give them a free pass. Make under age tobacco consumption laws equal to alcohol underaged consumption laws, with equal punishment!! If you start there, you’ll get further to helping out the community to the fullest. Protecting business integrity with tobacco licensing, while saving our youth with new underage tobacco consumption laws! It’s a real win for the community. You don’t have to do a flavor ban when you hold the teens breaking the laws accountable! It’s that simple.
Do you support increasing the minimum age for purchase of tobacco products to age 21?
Yes
Why or why not?
It’s a Federal Law, and once again this is a question and a vote for our State Legislators. As City Council members your taking on State laws as a city. But, here again, the Federal Government has already raised the age over a year or two ago. Our state is late to the party… but every retailer is only selling to 21 and up. So, maybe you should push this on up to the Capital building for the correct people to make it a state law.
Do you currently use tobacco products?
No
Do you currently own, manage or work at an establishment that sells tobacco products?
Yes
Do you have any other comments?
Thank you for allowing me to respond. I think it is nice to have a lot of students write essays on the dangers of smoking. Essays are easy to get out of a classroom from almost every teacher if they ask their students. And that extra credit point only goes so far.
Because without underage tobacco consumption laws kids will continue to be kids! We need laws holding all underage tobacco use punishable by fines, and holding the youths who are breaking the laws accountable. This will drastically drop your underage smoking. You give the minors free rein over smoking and vaping, and stand with the minor pointing the fingers at retailers. Well, the problem is the minor who is smoking and making the decision to smoke! Hold them accountable, give them a ticket for breaking the laws. Stop letting the real tobacco criminals go free with out any punishment, the minors who continually break the laws and smoke. They need to be held accountable and stopped, before they turn the bad decision into a bad habit that they can’t easily break. If you really want to help the youth of the community then put in fully comprehensive laws for underage tobacco consumption as well as the tobacco Licencing. Make the entire community safe that way. If you do a vape ban you will be crossing into the mmj industry, and a lot of mmj patients Vape their meds! A flavor ban would simply be telling adults they have no freedoms of choice. Because you couldn’t control the youth in our community, by having underage tobacco consumption laws.
It has at that point nothing to do with flavors.. more of controlling tobacco…from retail and from minors who break the laws. It really can be that simple. Not a political standing point!
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Do you support establishing a tobacco sales license in the City of Tempe?
Why or why not?
Yes, however isn’t this more of a State legislation Licencing or laws for AZ. I honestly feel as a city, you’re being a little ambitious & overreaching your power from city dealing with State Legislators lawmaking decisions. You’re acting like influencers for the Stare. But raising the State legal age to 21 takes the State Legislation. In my opinion, you’re voting on items in the wrong forum and from the improper elected offices, this is a Stare decision. Not one for the City Of Tempe.
If a tobacco sales license is established, do you support the proposed fees to ensure compliance?
Why or why not?
Yes I support the fees. I ask though, Do you support holding the minors who smoke under the age of 21 accountable with tickets & fines? The minor who is in possession of tobacco is breaking the law, but you have absolutely NO consequences for these teens and young adults. Why? You expect adults to act within the law, but as adults we have consequences for breaking laws, so why then do you let minors run the streets of Tempe with tobacco products and no punishments for the youths. In their schools, where is the fines and punishment. When you start holding everyone accountable for proper use, and tobacco sales. Then will this be a just and fair law or ordinance. If any of you are parents, if you don’t have consequences for your child and you ask them to stop…will they…we all know the answer is NO, not without sufficient punishment for the minor. And that minor is truly breaking the law when it comes to tobacco! So punish the right people, hold the stores to our professionalism. And hold the minors to obeying the laws!! Instead of continuing to give them a free pass. Make under age tobacco consumption laws equal to alcohol underaged consumption laws, with equal punishment!! If you start there, you’ll get further to helping out the community to the fullest. Protecting business integrity with tobacco licensing, while saving our youth with new underage tobacco consumption laws! It’s a real win for the community. You don’t have to do a flavor ban when you hold the teens breaking the laws accountable! It’s that simple.
Do you support increasing the minimum age for purchase of tobacco products to age 21?
Why or why not?
It’s a Federal Law, and once again this is a question and a vote for our State Legislators. As City Council members your taking on State laws as a city. But, here again, the Federal Government has already raised the age over a year or two ago. Our state is late to the party… but every retailer is only selling to 21 and up. So, maybe you should push this on up to the Capital building for the correct people to make it a state law.
Do you currently use tobacco products?
Do you currently own, manage or work at an establishment that sells tobacco products?
Do you have any other comments?
Thank you for allowing me to respond. I think it is nice to have a lot of students write essays on the dangers of smoking. Essays are easy to get out of a classroom from almost every teacher if they ask their students. And that extra credit point only goes so far.
Because without underage tobacco consumption laws kids will continue to be kids! We need laws holding all underage tobacco use punishable by fines, and holding the youths who are breaking the laws accountable. This will drastically drop your underage smoking. You give the minors free rein over smoking and vaping, and stand with the minor pointing the fingers at retailers. Well, the problem is the minor who is smoking and making the decision to smoke! Hold them accountable, give them a ticket for breaking the laws. Stop letting the real tobacco criminals go free with out any punishment, the minors who continually break the laws and smoke. They need to be held accountable and stopped, before they turn the bad decision into a bad habit that they can’t easily break. If you really want to help the youth of the community then put in fully comprehensive laws for underage tobacco consumption as well as the tobacco Licencing. Make the entire community safe that way. If you do a vape ban you will be crossing into the mmj industry, and a lot of mmj patients Vape their meds! A flavor ban would simply be telling adults they have no freedoms of choice. Because you couldn’t control the youth in our community, by having underage tobacco consumption laws.
It has at that point nothing to do with flavors.. more of controlling tobacco…from retail and from minors who break the laws. It really can be that simple. Not a political standing point!