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Description
Minneapolis Health, Environment & Community Engagement Committee
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Any
other
consent
items
is
setting
the
public
hearing
for
August
7th
to
consider
subject
matter
of
amending
our
code
related
to
health
and
sanitation
garbage
and
refuse
refuse
amending
regulations
for
use
of
carry
out
bags
any
discussion
on
those
items
seeing
them
and
all
those
in
favor,
say
aye
any
opposed,
say
no.
Those
motions
carry
then
we'll
move
to
our
first
item
on
the
agenda,
which
is
our
tobacco
sales,
ordinance
we're
going
to
have
a
presentation
on
that
and
then
we'll
go
to
the
public
hearing.
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I
think
the
presentation
will
be
15
to
20
minutes
and
then
we'll
have
the
public
hearing
and
I'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
the
public
hearing.
But
if
people
are
interested
in
speaking
at
the
public
hearing,
the
best
thing
to
do
is
to
sign
up
with
the
clerk's
office,
but
actually
there's
a
sign-up
table
out
in
the
hall.
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So
if
you
haven't
signed
up
already
and
you'd
like
to
speak
on
that,
encourage
you
to
sign
up
there
first
after
we
go
through
all
the
sign
ups
and
other
opportunities,
people
have
been
spoken,
potentially
to
speak
as
well,
but
now
for
our
presentation,
I
think
we're
going
to
have
our
Commissioner
of
health,
but
your
music
can't
come
up
and
introduce
the
ordinance
and
speak
about
it
and
with
whatever
staff
or
others
she'd
like
to
include
in
the
presentation.
Welcome
yes,.
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So
I
just
want
to
take
a
moment
and
talk
about
the
fact
that
battle
is
still
a
leading
public
health
problem.
Sometimes
we
get
into
the
details
of
an
ordinance
we
might
forget.
Why
are
we
working
so
hard
on
an
issue
like
this?
It
is
the
leading
cause
of
premature
and
preventable
deaths
in
the
United
States
and
in
Minnesota
alone.
In
a
year
over
6,000
people's
deaths
are
directly
attributed
to
smoking,
and
we
also
know
that
the
use
of
tobacco
is
really
one
of
the
drivers
behind
health
disparities.
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African-Americans
have
30
to
36
percent,
more
likelihood
of
dying
from
lung
cancer
and
53
percent,
more
likelihood
of
dying
from
heart
disease
and
white
people,
and
we
know
that
those
diseases
are
highly
connected
to
tobacco
use.
American
Indians
have
the
highest
smoking
rate
and
the
highest
chronic
disease
rates
again.
There's
a
connection.
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We
also
know
that
there
are
higher
smoking
rates
among
people
with
low
income
and
low
education.
In
fact,
there's
a
40%
smoking
rate
among
people
with
a
high
school
equivalency
compared
to
15%
to
the
general
public.
For
this
mass
of
Minneapolis
shows
these
vary
patterns.
This
is
a
map
of
smoking
among
adults
who
are
over
18,
and
you
can
see
that
the
high
rates
are
in
parts
of
our
community,
where
we
have
the
highest
rates
of
people
of
color
and
people
living
in
poverty.
So
there's
a
high
correlation
here
in
Minneapolis
as
well.
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One
of
our
main
populations
that
we're
thinking
about
today
is
youth,
and
so
this
graph
shows
us
that,
for
the
state
of
Minnesota
there
are
almost
a
quarter
of
our
youths
have
used
tobacco
in
the
last
30
days
and
40
percent
have
tried
to
backhoe
products.
Well,
this
is
not
Minneapolis
specific
data
because
it's
based
on
the
Minnesota
student
survey
and
that
is
not
robustly
administered
in
our
public
schools.
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We
know
that
it
makes
tobacco
products
more
palatable
to
young
people,
and
so
it
increases
initiation.
So
it
increases
the
likelihood
starting
to
use
tobacco
press.
It's
also
more
addictive
once
you
use
it
because
it
increases
nicotine
absorption
and
finally,
it
reduces
the
likelihood
of
successfully
quitting
smoking.
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It
has
more
than
doubled
since
the
year
2000
in
the
year
2000
it
was
about
a
quarter
or
one
in
five,
so
20%
and
now
it's
nearly
half,
as
you
can
see
from
this
graph,
menthol
is
particularly
popular
amongst
African
Americans.
We
have
a
guest
here
will
be
following
me,
dr.
Phil
Gardner,
and
he
is
co-chair
of
the
African
American
tobacco
control.
Leadership
Council
and
he'll
talk
a
little
bit
more
about
some
of
the
practices
to
target
this
population.
So.
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Nationally,
there
is
an
interest
in
flavored
tobacco
and
menthol
in
2009,
the
federal
Family
Smoking
Prevention
and
Control
Act
banned
flavored
cigarettes,
but
it
did
exempt
menthol,
but
as
part
of
that
action
they
charged
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration
was
studying
the
public
health
impacts
of
menthol
cigarettes
and
so
on,
2011
and
2013.
There
were
two
reports
and
I'll
quote
from
them.
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So
one
of
the
strategies
in
addressing
tobacco
use
is
preventing
initiation
and
one
of
the
ways
we
do,
that
is,
to
reduce
availability
right
now.
Menthol,
mint
and
wintergreen
tobacco
products
are
available
in
317
stores,
gas
stations
and
other
outlets
in
Minneapolis,
most
of
which
children
enter.
For
other
reasons,
we
have
done
that's
important,
because
reducing
menthol,
harms
and
initiation
is
important,
because
ninety
percent
of
smokers
have
started
before
the
age
of
18.
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So
if
we
can
forestall
that
we
can
really
cut
down
on
lifelong
use
of
tobacco,
a
number
of
compliance
checks
have
been
done
in
Minneapolis,
conducted
by
business,
licensing,
our
own
business,
licensing
by
the
Food
and
Drug
Administration,
and
by
various
community
organizations.
They
use
different
sampling
and
methodologies,
but,
as
you
can
see,
in
the
right
hand,
side
all
of
them
found
stores
that
sold
to
underage
people.
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So
the
public
health
potential
of
reducing
availability
as
part
of
FDA's
ongoing
study
of
menthol
reports
have
been
submitted
to
them
using
modeling
about
the
power
of
taking
menthol
out
of
circulation.
So
one
of
those
modeling's
resulted
in
finding
that
over
ten
year
period,
mental
restrictions
will
prevent
2.2
million
people
from
starting
to
smoke.
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That's
a
nationalist
number,
obviously,
and
also
an
assumption
that
ten
percent
of
menthol
smokers
would
quit
because
of
restrictions,
and
this
would
result
in
four
thousand
deaths
being
prevented
nationwide
over
a
period
of
ten
years
over
a
period
of
forty
years
would
be
a
hundred
thousand
african-american
deaths.
That
would
be
sufficient.
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We
know
that
last
week
the
City
Council
in
Oakland
California
has
an
outright
ban,
which
is
much
more
extreme
and
we're
proposing
here
I'm
a
sale
of
menthol
products
and
San
Francisco
has
done
the
same
thing.
St.
Paul
is
considering
a
similar
amendment
to
ours
to
its
flavor
tobacco
ordinance
in
the
near
future.
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So
in
2015
Minneapolis
passed
our
flavors
and
price
ordinance,
but
we
did
exempt
menthol
mint
and
wintergreen
products
in
the
process
of
considering
that
we
heard
from
a
number
of
community
members
who
pointed
out
that
that
exemption
was
problematic
to
them
and
that
we
would
need
to
come
back
and
consider
it
together
until
we
are
here
today
in
2016
and
17,
a
number
of
actions
have
occurred
that
that
lead
us
to
a
place
where
we
are
considering
this
ordinance.
Today,
the
state
set
aside
some
funding
for
a
menthol
youth
study.
D
Hennepin
County,
was
the
recipient
and
has
worked
with
cities
inside
of
the
county
and
has
worked
with
the
African
American
Leadership
Forum.
That
I'm
sure
you
will
hear
from
during
the
public
testimony
and
they
have
been
doing
a
study
of
youth
and
other
patterns
within
our
communities.
Also,
the
menthol
coalition
was
formed.
49
organizations
have
joined
that
coalition
and
then
in
March
of
this
year
you
heard
a
presentation
from
several
of
the
groups
that
have
been
part
of
this
community,
organizing.
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D
What
it
does
not
do
is
important
as
well
I
think
there
are
some
misunderstandings
that
you
may
hear
it
does
not
remove
unflavored
cigarettes
and
unflavored
tobacco
products
from
the
stores.
It
does
not
ban
the
sale
of
menthol
products
in
Minneapolis
and
it
does
not
criminalize
the
use
of
menthol
clubs.
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D
E
D
F
D
Be
the
same
as
today
with
a
200
administrative,
$200,
administrative
citation
for
first
offenses,
doubling
thereafter,
possibilities
of
misdemeanor
criminal
prosecution
and
potential
license
suspension,
revocation
and
non
renewal
if
there
are
repeat
offenses.
That
concludes
my
comments.
I
would
like
to
turn
it
over
to
dr.
garner,
who
is
co-chair
of
the
African
American
tobacco
control,
Leadership
Council.
Unless
you
have
any
comments
or
questions
for
me,
I,
don't.
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G
Let
me
just
suggest
that
I
want
to
thank
the
board
of
the
City
Council
for
taking
this
up.
You
have
a
great
opportunity
to
redress
a
glaring
social
injustice
that
we
have
before
it.
You
might
look
at
it
this
way
in
1953,
African
Americans,
most
approximately
those
who
were
smokers
by
presented
them
smoke,
menthol
cigarettes
by
1968
that
it
tripled
by
1976,
but
it
tripled
again
by
the
middle
2000s
last
ten
years
ago,
was
in
the
neighborhood
of
over
80
percent.
G
Today,
what
we're
talking
about
is
the
85%
of
African
Americans,
who
smoke
smoke
menthol
cigarettes
for
you,
this
figure
is
even
95%.
We
have
dad
on
this
article
to
publish
on
this
I'm.
Sorry
I
can
bring
slides.
My
slides
are
much
longer
and
I
know
we
need
to
cut
and
cut
to.
The
chase.
Punchline
is
is
that
this
phenomena
that
went
over
on
for
the
last
50
years
has
led
to
African
Americans
dying
disproportionately
from
tobacco-related
diseases
compared
to
their
other
counterparts.
G
Rate
of
lung
cancer
rates,
as
Gretchen
has
pointed
out,
greater
heart
disease,
greater
cerebral
vascular,
stroke
disease
and
the
punchline
here
is
that
the
predatory
marketing
of
the
tobacco
industry
toward
these
from
these
products.
We
have
data
articles
published
that
show
that
there
are
more
advertising's
of
these
products
in
african-american
communities.
There
are
more
promotions
and
these
products
and
I
guess
what
frankly
pisses
me
off
the
most
is
that
medical
products
are
cheaper.
We
have
data
from
Boston,
we
have
data
from
California
and
even
looking
at
a
nationwide
read
retail
survey.
G
We
find
this
to
be.
The
case
already
been
mentioned
that
these
are
harder
to
quit,
because
you
take
in
more
nicotine
mass
the
harsh
taste
of
the
tobacco
itself
and
essentially
serves
as
an
anesthetic.
It
susan's,
the
threaded
as
you
take
down
the
poisons
I
would
like
to
say
and
I
think
many
of
you
are
aware
of
this,
that
this
is
not
just
an
african-american
issue.
It's
already
been
pointed
out,
and
frankly,
most
youth
start
using
flavored
and
menthol
tobacco
products.
There's
just
decades
of
data
on
that.
G
Unfortunately,
sometimes
not
understood
that
the
majority
of
Memphis
mockers
are
women
and
have
been
women.
There
is
a
disproportionate
use
of
this
in
the
LGBTQ
community,
the
Puerto
Rican
community,
the
Latino
community,
Native
Hawaiians.
In
fact,
I've
spoken
to
Native
Hawaiian.
They
are
tobacco
control
conference.
This
last
fall.
Their
figures
look
like
just
like
the
african-american
figures
in
terms
of
prevalence
of
smoking.
This
is
true
from
Filipinos
Filipinos
and
it's
true
for
socialist
behavioral
health
issues
sometimes
called
mental
illness.
All
of
these
groups
disproportionately
smoke
menthol
cigarettes.
G
F
G
Really
reads
an
article
published
in
2015:
it's
gone
up
for
all
age
groups,
it's
gone
up
for
all
ethnic
groups
and
it's
gone
up
across
the
board.
While
cigarette
smoking
can
go
down
the
other
thing
that
is
going
up
as
electronic
cigarettes
and
the
majority
of
dead
folks
that
are
using
ever
using
the
e
juices
that
are
flavored
you're,
going
to
hear
a
lot
of
arguments
today
about
unintended
consequences
of
restricting
the
sale.
Let
me
just
say
this:
before
I
go
on
of
Oakland's
law
and
I
testified.
There,
too
is
the
same
as
your
law.
G
It's
calling
for
the
restriction
of
menthol
products
to
tobacco,
only
shops
period
and
with
a
year
grace
period
also,
so
it's
almost
it's
almost
essential
I,
don't
know
if
the
lawyers
to
talk
to
each
other
in
San
Francisco,
where
they
have
the
city,
wipe
and
kind
of
end
with
that,
so
there's
no
and
the
unintended
consequences.
You
might
look
at
it
this
way.
What
are
the
intended
consequences
of
smoking?
The
intended
consequences
of
people
hit
die
if
sick
and
die.
That's.
G
What's
intended,
the
idea
that
you're
going
to
be
pulled
over
and
arrested
for
possession
of
a
menthol
cigarette
which
is
promoted
by
the
tobacco
industries,
is
the
false.
It's
a
falsehood.
This
is
about
sale,
it's
not
possession
there's
going
to
life
market
is
going
to
develop.
Well,
we
have
proof
here
in
Minneapolis
that
there's
been
a
flavors.
You
know
restriction
in
for
the
last
two
years:
there's
no
black
market,
that
is
fellas,
there's
no
data
about
this
anywhere.
G
Lastly,
the
term
using
a
band-
and
this
is
an
important
distinction-
you
can
still
buy
menthol
cigarettes
and
tobacco
shops-
there's
no
ban
here.
So
all
these
arguments
are
just
frankly
fallacious.
Look
at
it
this
way.
What
we're
talking
about
is
the
disproportionate
marketing
of
candy,
flavored,
poison,
to
African,
Americans
and
other
specialty
of
press
groups
that
is
outright
discriminatory
and
at
times
genocide
'el.
G
This
is
the
thing
that
we
have
to
deal
with
and
while
I
have
some
feelings
for
the
retailers
that
are
not
only
in
this
room
but
around
the
country,
we
have
to
find
new
ways
and
new
products
to
sell.
And
yes,
it
will
initially
hurt
you,
but
in
the
long
run
it
will
save
lives
and
that's
what
this
is
about.
There
is
a
growing
national
test.
Microphone
just
push
push
decline,
push
declines!
Thank
you.
Excuse
me
them
there's
a
growing
time
about
to
conclude,
there's
a
growing
national
movement
around
this.
G
It's
already
been
pointed
out
that
Oakland
passed
this
law
last
week,
also
on
the
same
day
last
week,
Contra
Costa
County
and
installed
a
thousand
foot
barrier
around
schools,
libraries
and
Parks
in
unincorporated
areas
that
prohibited
the
sale
of
flavored
menthol
tobacco
products.
There's
discussions
going
on
in
New
York
there's
discussions
going
on
in
Texas.
There's
discussions
going
on
in
Los
Angeles
want
to
encourage
the
City
Council
to
find
a
way
forward
on
this.
G
H
A
I
think
close
to
70
people
who
have
already
signed
up
we're
going
to
restrict
speaking
time
when
we
have
the
timer
over
there
to
two
minutes
each.
So
please
try
to
keep
your
comments
under
two
minutes.
You
can
be
less
than
two
minutes
and
that's
fine
I'm
going
to
try
to
alternate
speakers
who've
no
to
whether
they're
supported
supportive
of
the
ordinance
change
or
against
it.
So
we'll
hear
from
both
sides
throughout
our
time
and
if
there's
a
comments
that
have
been
made.
A
You're
very
supportive
of
you
can
refer
back
to
those
comments
and
you
don't
necessarily
have
to
restate
everything.
I've
got
some
concern
that
there
will
be
a
time
crunch
with
committee
members.
I
know
that
at
least
one
committee
member
as
an
appointment
you'll,
have
to
leave
or
I'm
sure
before
the
public
hearing
is
over.
It
takes
four
of
us
to
hold
a
quorum.
Even
if
we
don't
have
form,
though
we
will
definitely
complete
our
public
hearing,
we'll
just
have
to
defer
the
vote
and.
A
We'll
maintain
a
quorum
so
that
we
can
finish
our
business
every
day.
So
don't
get
me
wrong.
Committee
members
I
also
did
want
to
note
that
there
is
a
staff
direction
that
I'll
be
moving
in
case.
People
want
an
opportunity
to
comment
on
that.
The
health
commissioner
alluded
to
it.
There's
copies
over
there,
I'll
just
read
it,
so
people
can
all
hear
it.
This
is
directing
the
licensing
department
to
begin
enforcement
of
the
menthol
mints
and
wintergreen
sections
of
this
ordinance
no
earlier
than
August
1
2018.
A
So
that's
full
12
months
further
directing
the
city
coordinators
offices,
small
business
support
team
to
work
with
the
community
planning
and
economic
development
departments,
economic
policy
and
development
division
and
the
Minneapolis
Health
Department
to
support
convenience
stores
and
corner
stores
in
making
a
successful
transition
to
complying
with
the
new
provisions
in
minute
code.
So
that's
essentially
asking
our
staff
to
make
sure
that
we
do
whatever
we
can
to
make
sure
that
the
transition
is
successful
for
our
businesses.
That
may
be
impacted.
A
J
My
name
is
Colonel
summers
and
can
see
that
I
been
writing
business
philosophy
in
20
years
in
nablus.
Minnesota
this
I'm
opposing
this
ban
will
hurt
small
business
like
my
own.
This
will
lead
to
either
higher
price
or
job
loss
that
every
lose
our
will
will
impact
a
whole
committee
and
lead
to
minority
business
owners
lose
their
business
out
of
respect
his
honors.
It
should
at
least
exclude
any
economic
impact
study
to
see
how
this
would
cost
in
this
order.
Arcana
council
chamber,
who
support
this
ordinary,
need
to
stop
telling
ma
a.m.
Annapolis
adults
result.
J
In
included
african-american
this
community,
what
legal
product
they
can
buy,
what
they
can
buy
that
they're
all
adults.
As
you
know,
they
are
ready
to
buy
air
book
that
they
want.
We
don't
have
to
finish
it.
The
who's,
african-american
who's
that
other
group
of
people
but
they're
in
a
position.
Today,
you
some
of
people
are
saying:
they're,
African,
American
smoke,
menthols
I've
been
doing
20
years
of
my
over
close
to
20
years
in
19
years
now,
I
am
be
selling
tobacco.
My
Queeny
store
selling
that
I
haven't
seen
any
much
different.
J
Whoever
smokes
you
know
minority
or
maturity,
whatever
you
can
call
African
American
is
similar
to
whose
adult
have
a
third
prize
to
buy
what
they
want
about.
I
have
a
customer,
90
years
areas,
small
consumers,
you
know
they
were
young
about
today,
but
they
call
cancer
or
anything
else.
Is
you
can
get
cancer
tomorrow
without
smoking
serious
you
can
solve
this.
My
whole
body
is
opposed.
You
know,
I'm,
a
band
menthol
cigarette
saying
that
is
driving
a
certain
community
of
the
community
are
Cathedral
all
right.
K
Afternoon
I
am
going
Jackson
and
I
strongly
support.
This
order
is
to
restrict
the
sale
of
tobacco
products.
Menthol
flavored
tobacco
products
to
adult
only
establishment,
I
have
worked
for
30
years
in
tobacco
control.
I
am
the
current
Board
Chair
Northpoint
health
and
wellness
center.
I
am
also
on
the
board
of
the
National
African
American
tobacco
prevention
Network,
and
has
been
for
about
eight
years
in
in
public
health.
We
have
had
a
movement
in
our
community
in
our
local
community.
K
I've
lived
in
five
five
four,
oh
one,
all
my
life,
and
for
thirty
years
we've
been
working
to
fight
and
descrip
the
sale
of
tobacco
products,
particularly
to
you
african-american,
youth
and
LGBTQ
youth.
Although
your
leadership
is
well
appreciated
that
you
will
be
the
first
to
restrict
the
sale
so
in
minnesota,
as
you
have
heard,
you
are
not
alone,
and
so
we
would
appreciate
your
support
and
thank
you
thank.
L
L
Of
good
afternoon,
my
name
is
ahmad
al
hawaii,
I
own
a
business
in
the
north
side
of
Minneapolis,
which
is
said
in
H
aaww,
a
RI
at
times,
I
do
on
business
in
the
north
side
and
I'm
also
I
work
with
the
United
Chamber
of
Commerce,
which
is
a
group
of
almost
155
small
minority
business
owned.
The
majority
of
the
vast
majority
of
them
are
in
North
Minneapolis.
There
is
no
doubt
that
we
all
agree
that
tobacco
is
very
bad
and
I
feel
unfortunate.
That
I
have
spent
you
today
to
oppose
such
a
ordinance.
L
But
my
concern
with
this
ban
would
be
the
immediate
and
the
armed
financial
laws.
We
would
experience
given
us
no
time
to
prepare
and
develop
a
new
business
plan
if
it
is
any
exist
in
North,
Minneapolis
tobacco
sales
mix
of
at
least
50%
of
our
sales
and
nearly
80%
of
those
sales
come
from
the
menthol
cigarette
sales.
L
We
invested
in
our
small
community,
especially
in
the
north
side,
or
nobody
else
did
many
of
the
source
carry
groceries
item
like
eggs,
fresh,
fresh
fruit
and
some
of
the
stores
are.
The
only
place
was
our
customer
to
go
shop,
we'll
keep
in
mind
that
55%
of
the
residents
to
the
north
side
depends
on
public
transportation.
L
The
span
is
not
good
for
the
our
community
and
keeping
my
store
is
only
good
customers
not
only
buying
cigarettes
when
they
go
into
Thursday
by
the
pass,
the
chips
and
again
we
are,
as
we
are
then
in
the
city
of
this
legal
mental
product
by
license
law
of
aiding
retailers
will
only
drive
the
sales
to
the
criminal.
Our
grounds
we're
going
to
be
seeing
people
buying
or
selling
cigarettes
in
front
of
our
parking
lot.
When
there
is
nobody
to
do
something
about
it.
L
Once
again,
we
are
selling
a
legal
product
that
is
purchased
by
adults.
The
city
of
Neapolis
is
as
ninety-seven
compliance
with
the
underage
person.
Shifting
the
sale
from
one
entity
to
another
will
not
solve
the
problem.
We
do
need
to
work
with
other
to
address
this
problem,
so
we
can
avoid
the
layoffs
and
the
store
closing.
It
is
not
even
a
single
smoke
shop
in
this
Northside
I'll
just
move
forward.
L
Can
you
rather
back
the
display
down,
are
in
places
in
several
countries
in
the
world,
including
Canada,
Russia,
Iceland,
Norway,
Russia
and
Australia,
where
they
mandate
the
shops
and
stores
that
sells
tobacco
product?
Keep
the
products
out
of
sight
customer
under
the
counter
or
in
special
cabinet
tobacco
products
can
only
be
shown
or
request.
By
requested
by
the
customer.
We
will
see
a
decrease
in
the
sales,
but
was
not
will
be
better
than
shutting
down
the
operation
completely.
Nobody
wants
to
see
a
business
closed
and
an
unemployed
ladle.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
very
much.
A
M
M
M
It's
clear
that
that
mental
products
help
people
get
addicted.
It's
clear
that
teenage
brains
are
very
susceptible
to
addictive
agents,
including
nicotine
and
alcohol.
Easiest
way
to
quit.
Smoking
is
to
never
start
limiting
youth
exposure
will
help
them
never
start
any
I.
Think
I'll
end
with
just
saying:
there's
a
good
letter
today
butts
to
the
editor
from
a
former
colleague
of
yours,
Natalie,
Johnson
League.
She
said
cigarettes
are
not
food,
they're,
not
medicine
they're
as
addictive
as
heroin
they're
highly
engineered
drug
delivery
devices
that
have
been
used
as
directed
cause
harm
and
possible
death.
M
A
L
N
N
Azad
I
own
two
businesses
in
North
Minneapolis,
and
this
is
a
negative
thing-
that
impacts
up
a
lot
are
almost
70
percent
from
myself
as
a
neutral
cigarette,
and
we
just
invest
a
lot
of
money
out
to
in
North
Side.
We
just
both
planned
new
building
in
North
Side
cut
wood
by
1.3
million
dollars,
and
we
just
doing
remodel
to
the
second
building
an
account
for
350.
Now
we
need
your
help
to
you
know
stay
in
the
business.
Thank
you
thank.
P
Good
afternoon
members
of
the
Minneapolis
City
Council,
my
name
is
Sylvia
Amos
and
I
live
at
1918
Thomas
Avenue
North
I
serve
as
president
of
the
Women's
Auxiliary
of
the
Minnesota
State
Baptist
Convention
I've
spent
the
last
two
years.
Educating
members
of
stair-step
foundation,
his
works
United,
a
community-wide
collaboration
of
African
American
churches
in
the
Twin
Cities
on
the
harmful
effects
of
menthol
tobacco.
My
mother,
a
well-known
leader
in
this
community,
started
to
smoke
at
the
age
of
eleven.
P
She
was
addicted
to
Benson
&
Hedges
menthol
cigarettes
and
died
in
2003
at
the
age
of
71
from
lung
cancer,
which
was
a
direct
result
of
her
years
of
smoking.
Menthol.
Last
year,
several
churches
were
involved
in
the
known
menthol
Sunday
in
know.
Menthol
Sunday
were
pastors
across
the
country,
dedicate
one
Sunday
in
a
year
to
educating
their
congregations
about
menthol.
Last
year,
ten
pastors
delivered
sermons
about
an
in
song,
and
this
year
we
had
16
churches.
It
involved
in
delivering
the
message
on
Nestle.
P
Our
focus
has
primarily
been
on
youth,
protect
protecting
them
from
ever
starting
to
smoke,
but
we
need
your
help
because
we
cannot
do
it.
We
cannot
do
this
on
our
own.
Restricting
menthol
tobacco
products
to
adult
only
stores
will
help
prevent
our
youth
from
ever
wanting
to
use
these
products.
Keeping
youth
from
purchasing
these
products
is
a
good
thing,
but
keeping
them
from
ever
being
lured
into
trying
them
is
an
even
better
and
responsible
thing
to
do.
I
court,
this
ordinance,
because
it
will
help
today's
youth
and
young
people
not
suffer,
as
my
mother
did.
P
S
Afternoon,
I'm
honestly
confused
at
this
point:
why
we're
introducing
this
ordinance
I
thought?
The
purpose
of
this
is
prevention,
theory
under
age
and
yet
access
and
the
exposure
defined
exported
this
body.
The
pictures
and
images
is
available
online.
It's
available
in
YouTube
videos
to
Vale
boy
movies,
it's
in
cinema
halls.
What
what
he
trying
to
accomplish,
whether
your
first
line
of
defense
here
as
retailers
we
just
caught
97
percent
asthma
Taylorsville
compliance
rates.
We
were
the
first
line
of
defense
to
prevent
youth
access
to
this
product.
S
You
canÃt
the
abandoned
our
stores
without
having
a
stripe
strategy
to
address
it
in
nearby
cities
are
on
the
street
that
it
goes
our
complaint.
There's
those
who
controlled
the
axis
I
honestly
I'm,
not
here
to
lobby
put
tobacco.
We
all
know
that
goes
bad.
We
do
our
best
to
prevent
youth
from
a
system.
This
is
a
illegal
product
if
it's
not
going
to
be
bent
on
statewide
or
why
not
ban
the
whole
cigarette
father-in-law?
Why
why
just
mental
I
sympathize
with
the
african-american
sentiment
that
this
is
a
gateway
to
smoking?
S
They
have
larger
issues,
high
blood
pressures,
they're,
not
addressing
it
where
they
could
address
their
diets,
needs
stuff
like
that.
Why
attack
illegal
father
we
we
already
do
controller
full
of
government
regulations
with
restriction.
If
you're
worried
about
your
system
are
smoking,
dog
spasm,
it
Decatur
is
I'm
not
going
to
become
this
parent
to
at
my
business.
Thank
you
very
much.
I
strongly
urge
you
to
vote
no
against
this
ordinance.
Thank.
T
Thank
you
for
this
opportunity
to
speak
in
support
of
this
ordinance
to
restrict
the
menthol
tobacco
products
to
adult-only
tobacco
shops.
I
recognize
that
the
tobacco
injury
industry
has
targeted
our
young
people
and
I
recognize
that
from
my
neighborhood
it
is
working
here
in
Minnesota.
The
mythal
products
are
being
used
by
youth
has
not
decreased,
but
increasing.
T
We
know
that
African
Americans.
We
have
a
high
risk
of
suffering
from
tobacco
products
and
those
diseases
that
followed
high
blood
pressure.
All
of
that
is
can
be
contributed
to
the
use
of
tobacco
I'm.
A
mother
of
six
I
have
15
grandchildren,
a
host
of
nieces
and
nephews,
and
cousins
and
I
know
that
flavored
tobacco
will
will
entice
them
to
start
smoking.
T
This
City
Councilor
has
started,
took
the
first
step
to
restrict
this
candy
and
fruit
flavored
tobacco
from
our
children's
eyesight.
If
they
don't
see
it,
they
won't
be
able
to
entice
themselves
to
start,
but
if
they
put,
it
is
put
in
their
presence
right
in
front
of
them
at
our
level.
They
are
sure
to
be
inquisitive
about
starting
it.
T
A
U
U
We
all
know
that
the
back
was
that
I'm,
a
mother
of
two
I,
don't
want
my
kids
smoking,
but
it's
all
is
a
lot
of
Education
and
how
you
really
parents,
your
children,
I,
bring
my
kids
to
work
with
me,
oh
and
they
don't
have
they
care
and
that
once
my
13
year
old,
ever
questioned
about
cigarettes,
it's
always
about
the
candy
bars
which
I'm
forced
to
fight
for
him
when
I'm
there
I
am.
If
we,
if
this
goes
through,
we
will
have
a
major
blown
into
our
bottom
line.
U
But
that's
not
what
we're
concerned
about
is
because
it's
not
just
about
the
mental
fills.
Is
that
add-ons?
Are
we
also
going
to
lose
with
candy
bars
drinks
feel
because
we're
not
making
this
all
Minnesota
so
we're
opening
it
for
people
to
go
to
his
neighborhood
cities
and
being
able
to
make
their
purchases
there.
I
am
I'm
very
involved
in
the
industry,
and
I've
heard
a
number
that
shock
that
35
percent
of
tobacco
consumption
in
any
app
in
Minnesota
is
underground
already
because
of
how
high
our
prices
are
and.
U
When
we
talk
about
that,
there's
no
numbers
about
what
the
flavor
Toback
we
might
not
have
that,
but
there's
a
total
tobacco.
We
know
there's
a
lot
of
underground
for
purchases
the
inmate
because
of
how
high
our
is.
We
also
have
been
running
this
business
model
for
decades
and
even
though
it's
category
that's
point.
U
Still
a
number
one
category
and
that's
what
drives
classic
tour
stores,
and
is
this
true
going
to
effect
we're
sizing
for
time
time
to
think
about
how
to
shift
our
business
model
in
a
year
is
not
enough
and
we're
open
to
conversations
we're
just
asking
for
time
to
look
into
what
we
can't
do
for
our
location,
so
we
don't
have
to
close
doors.
Thank
you.
Thank.
W
Little
my
name
is
Gabriel
Aspire
I
was
at
301
fifth
Street
southeast
I
am
here
to
express
my
support
for
the
proposed
ordinance
to
restrict
the
sale
of
menthol
to
that
go
to
adult
only
tobacco
stores,
according
to
rainbow
health
initiatives,
2016
voices
of
Health
Survey,
which
kind
of
does
a
snapshot
of
the
health
of
LGBTQ
Minnesotans
forty
percent.
Forty
four
percent
of
LGBTQ
people
of
color,
who
are
smokers,
prefer
menthol
and
70
percent
of
LGBTQ
youth
smokers
also
smoke
menthol.
W
X
Afternoon,
my
name
is
measured:
I
am
an
owner
of
a
business
in
North
Minneapolis.
First
of
all,
I
would
like
to
say
that
I
am
a
father.
I
have
four
children,
I
don't
want
them
to
be
near
the
back.
We
all
agreed
that
the
REC
was
bad
for
everybody
and
the
cause
of
many
diseases
that
we
don't
want
to
be
associated
with,
but
we
have
to
look
at
the
impact
I
mean
not
me.
I
was
in
south
Minneapolis
on
stores
like
mine.
Let
me
talk
about
my
store.
X
X
X
Basically,
if
this
Flo
imitate
I
have
to
water
into
a
drastic
measures
and
fire
two
or
three
of
them
bills
and
work
myself
if
I
don't
close
down
K,
it
I
just
want
to
note
here
again
in
one
more
point
that
by
doing
the
dam,
we
are
creating
a
black
market
for
cigarettes.
People
will
kill
to
get
in
their
houses
in
order
to
get
access
to
to
cigarettes.
One
more
point
we
are
not,
then
we're
not
telling
their
customers,
especially
over
18.
You
are
not
allowed
to
move.
No,
we
tell
them.
X
A
O
Chairborne
councilmembers
and
Paul
can
tell,
with
a
2
to
5
Upton
Avenue
South
I'm,
an
intern
has
been
director
of
the
tobacco
dependence
clinic
at
Hennepin
County
Medical,
Center
I'm.
Also
a
member
of
the
Minneapolis
Public
Health
Advisory
Committee,
which
unanimously
supports
the
proposed
amendments.
I
want
to
focus
on
why
the
specific
strategy
set
out
my
post
amendment
is
important.
The.
O
To
minors
is
already
prohibited,
so
why
do
we
need
further
restrictions?
What
can
we
expect
to
accomplish?
The
answer
is
that
this
amendment
isn't
about
ability
to
purchase
it's
about
messaging.
It's
about
the
tobacco
industry's
efforts
to
create
a
market
for
menthol
cigarettes,
the
most
addictive
tobacco
products
available
and
then
to
position
them
as
starter
products
for
children.
O
Nearly
90%
of
smokers
start
before
the
age
of
18,
so
we
know
that
kids
can
get
tobacco
products
if
they
want
to.
The
issue
at
hand
is
what
the
backhoe
product
are.
They
going
to
choose,
kids
see
ads
everyday
online
and
magazines
stores,
reminding
them
that
menthol
Kools
smoke
makes
it
less
harsh
easier
to
inhale
as
a
better
flavor
features
that
are
deliberately
engineered
into
cigarettes,
to
make
them
attractive
to
new
smokers
and
to
make
them
more
palatable.
O
Reducing
exposure
to
these
messages
will
reduce
the
number
of
kids
who
try
menthol
products
and
will
reduce
the
number
who
make
the
transition
from
first
cigarette
the
becoming
regular
smoker
council
members
I
work
with
smokers
everyday
who
are
trying
to
quit.
Everyone
of
them
wishes
they
had
never
started.
Thank
you
thank.
A
Z
There
is
an
abundant
research
that
shows
that
menthol
makes
it
easier
to
start
smoking
I'm
asking
the
harshness
and
irritation
of
tobacco
smoke.
It
makes
it
harder
to
quit
for
the
reason
that
it's
easier,
it
makes
it
easier
to
start
the
tobacco
industry
specifically
target
markets
menthol
to
youth,
as
well
as
to
African
Americans
to
my
own
LGBTQ
community
and
the
groups
that
use
menthol
a
higher
rate
also
have
a
higher
incidence
of
smoking
related
disease.
Z
AA
Good
afternoon,
council
members,
my
name
is
Azeroth
mine,
another
20,000
hundred
humbled,
Avenue
South,
and
the
members
of
council
I
have
friends
and
family
who
smoke
cigarettes
and
I
hate.
It
I
think
it's
a
disgusting.
Evidently,
it's
very
expensive
at
you,
miss
disastrous
to
your
house,
so
I
think
I
agree
with
everyone
in
room.
No
one
here
wants
children
to
start
smoking.
That's
that
should
not
be
the
question
here.
No
one,
not
single
person
in
this
room
wants
children
to
start
smoking.
AA
What
I
disagree
with
is
this
strategy
we're
taking
towards
actually
reducing
smoking,
because
we
know
this.
We
know
that
this
will
not
actually
reduce
usage
because
no
one
lives
more
than
a
mile
or
two
away
from
a
suburb
that
has
a
store
that
will
provide
much
easier
access
to
the
same
product.
So
in
that
way
this
will
not
be
effective
in
terms
of
limiting
access
for
adult
fiction
stalkers
for
underage
smoking,
we
are
actually
making
enemies
where
we
should
be
making
allies
these
convenience
stores.
These
corner
stores
are
currently
selling
these
products.
AA
They
are
oftentimes
the
best
enforcers
of
the
laws
that
are
on
the
books.
It
want
to
make
sure
that
they
determine
away
from
smokey
until
they
turn
18
and
now
what
we're
doing
is
we're
pushing
it
out
onto
the
street
and
somebody
peddling,
a
menthol
cigarette
on
the
street
has
no
incentive
or
reason
to
ask
for
an
ID,
and
we
know
that
this
will
almost
exclusively
punish
black
smokers,
and
here's
think
we
heard
somebody
say
that
there
isn't
an
adult
only
store
in
North
Minneapolis.
AA
So
when
we
talk
about
this
not
technically
being
a
band,
it
is
a
ban
for
North
Minneapolis
and
we
are
punishing
adult
smokers
who
have
made
the
choice
to
smoke,
which
I
again
personally,
don't
think
is
a
good
help
to
us.
Now
what
we
need
to
do
in
Minneapolis.
We
need
to
invest
in
education
on
these
things,
I
mean
just
pushing
on
the
streets
not
going
to
help
anyone,
and
when
we
talk
about
education
is
the
route
forward.
AA
A
AB
Afternoon
my
name
is
Alexandre
Harrison,
green
and
I
live
in
Ward
size
and
I
am
a
hospice
nurse.
Unfortunately,
in
my
job,
I
often
say
the
stages
of
a
lifetime
of
addiction
to
tobacco.
I,
see
people
in
pain
and
struggling
just
to
breathe.
I've
seen
people
choose
between
wearing
oxygen
and
giving
in
to
their
addictions
by
having
one
more
cigarette.
I
don't
want
to
see
a
new
generation
of
young
people
addicted
to
tobacco.
I
don't
want
anyone
to
have
to
go
through
the
suffering
at
the
end
of
a
lifetime
of
addiction
the
addiction
has
caused.
AB
AC
AC
AD
AC
Matty
Dibble
I'm,
a
student
at
the
U
of
M
and
Councilman
Gordon's
work
I'm
here,
because
I
believe
that
this
man
is
an
infringement
on
the
rights
of
adults
in
this
city.
I
believe
that
this
is
a
matter
of
personal
responsibility
for
people
to
take
their
health
into
their
own
hands.
At
the
beginning
of
the
presentation
earlier
in
this
hearing,
there
was
a
lot
of
discussion
about
what
this
ban
doesn't
do,
but
what
I
believe
all
those
statements
should
have
been
followed
by
was
the
word
yet.
AC
You
know
it
doesn't
include
standard
cigarettes,
yet
it
doesn't
ban
all
tobacco
yet,
and
it
also
doesn't
talk
about
where
this
infringement
on
our
health
stops.
Does
it
stop
with
tobacco,
or
does
it
continue
on
with
junk
food
I,
don't
believe
it
will
stop?
The
least
we
can
do
at
this
point
is:
do
the
proper
research
to
see
the
consequences
of
this
action
as
a
whole?
Thank
you.
Thank.
B
You
good
afternoon
my
name
is
Vivian
Jenkins,
Nelson
and
I
live
at
10:25
Thomas
Avenue
North
I
am
a
senior
fellow
and
director
of
the
inner
race
Institute
at
Augsburg,
College
I'm,
also
for
chair
at
the
tobacco
prevention
nonprofit,
clear
wings
masseur.
Regarding
the
proposal
before
you
I,
say
it's
about
time.
It's
about
time
that
our
policy
makers
and
community
leaders
understand
how
the
cigarette
companies
and
sellers
of
cigarettes
prey
on
African
Americans.
It's
about
time
that
we
ask.
Why
is
it
that
88%
of
black
smokers
smoke
menthols
compared
to
only
26%
of
white
slopes?
B
It's
about
time
that
we
all
realize
that
the
backhoe
industry
has
done
this
to
us
and
done
it
on
purpose.
It
started
in
1612
when
America
had
its
first
cash
crop
to
welcome
before
cotton.
Our
African
ancestors
were
first
brought
here
to
grow
and
pick
tobacco
tobacco
enslaved
us
400
years
later.
We're
still
enslaved
to
tobacco
I've
been
around
long
enough
to
remember
how
to
backhoe
companies
handed
out
free
menthol
cigarettes
and
our
neighborhoods
menthol
clean,
tasty,
easy
to
smoke.
The
companies
were
everybody's
friends.
B
So
what
is
this
friendship
gotten
us
addiction
and
death
and
it
has
to
stop
African
American
children
and
adults
are
more
likely
to
be
exposed
to
secondhand
smoke
than
any
other
racial
or
ethnic
peace.
Smoking
kills
us
more
than
accidents,
homicide
and
it's
got--it's.
Now
I
am
proud
to
live
in
Minneapolis,
a
city
that
is
saying
yes,
it
has
got
to
stop
I.
Ask
that
you
start
the
stop
today.
AE
AE
You
say
that
the
menthol
is
targeting
the
black
community,
where
I
can
quote
my
blood
customers
who
feel
like
you're
targeting
is
about
community
to
make
them
go
to
special
stores
to
get
these
products.
Well,
the
white
man
cigarette
is
still
available
in
all
the
stores
and
that's
a
quote
from
a
customer.
So
they
wonder
why
you're
attaching
race
to
that
you're
taking
legal
products
that
we
have
a
license
to
sell
and
giving
all
that
business
to
another
business
down
the
block.
AE
You
will
literally
put
small
business
owners
out
of
business
and
put
tobacco
shops,
making
millions
you'll
bring
more
people
into
their
business
to
expose
them
to
these
para
familias
to
use
illegal
products
which
I
often
run
the
register
at
our
store
and
I,
see
who
buy
them
and
sell
cigarettes.
There's
a
black
white
asian
Hispanic,
American
Indian
and
we're
all
one
we're
all
human.
We
do
not
sell
to
minors.
If
people
want
to
smoke,
menthol
cigarettes,
putting
them
in
a
tobacco
shop
is
not
going
to
stop
them.
AE
It
will
create
a
street
market
for
those
products
being
sold
out
of
backpacks,
especially
in
areas
where
there's
no
tobacco
shop
or
that
after
the
hours
the
tobacco
shops
are
allowed
to
be
open.
Why
not
have
suppliers
change
their
packaging
instead
of
praying?
Favorites
are
here
playing
favorite
to
a
certain
type
of
business.
The
tobacco
shops
well
rather
than
our
business,
and
it
makes
me
wonder
who
have
special
interest
in
those
tobacco
shops.
So
thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank
you.
AF
Thank
You
mr.
chair
members
of
the
City
Council.
Thank
you
very
much.
My
name
is
Stella
Whitney
West
and
I'm,
the
CEO
of
North
Pointe
health
and
wellness
center.
We
are
a
federally
qualified
health
center
located
in
North
Minneapolis,
and
we
are
in
partnership
with
Hennepin
County
through
our
health
center.
We
serve
over
twenty
five
thousand
five
hundred
patients
annually
over
a
hundred
thousand
visits.
So
I
think
we
can
speak
about
what
is
happening
in
North
Minneapolis.
AF
Our
mission
is
partnering
to
create
a
healthier
community
and
I,
encourage
you
to
look
around
those
in
the
green
shirt.
Those
who
are
talking
about
beautiful
lives
of
the
truth.
This
is
what
partnering
looks
like
I
am
proud
to
say
that
North
Point
has
been
a
leader
in
this
effort
to
put
flavored
tobacco
products
into
adults-only
tobacco
store,
not
adult-only
stores,
but
tobacco
stores.
AF
So
you've
already
heard
the
data,
but
there's
one
of
the
things
that
I
want
you
to
be
aware
of,
and
that
is
that
within
the
african-american
community
and
in
the
leadership
within
the
african-american
community,
we
are
very
clear.
We
are
united
on
this
issue.
I
want
to
make
sure
that
you
understand
that
that
we
are
united
on
this
issue.
We
are
also
very
aware
of
how
people
will
use
different
tactics
to
make
it
appear,
as
though
there
is
a
division.
There
is
not
I.
AF
AF
We
also
want
you
to
keep
in
mind
a
high
hop
of
disease
caused
by
tobacco
products
and
I
would
dare
say
that
that
cost
outweighs
any
lost
product.
I
also
want
to
say
that
North
Point
is
extremely
proud,
proud
of
the
work
that
you
have
done
in
the
leadership
that
you
have
done
as
a
city
council,
and
we
encourage
you
to
keep
up
the
good
work
and
to
pass
this
ordinance.
Thank.
A
AG
It's
been
several
years
as
a
sabbatical
product
scientific
advisory
committee
found
that
menthol
cigarettes
have
an
adverse
impact
on
public
health
by
environment,
experimentation
by
the
young,
increasing
the
number
of
youth
who
become
regular
smokers
and
making
it
harder
to
quit
and
interested
in
assessment
by
the
Federal
Drug
Administration
came
to
the
conclusion.
What
more
evidence
do
we
need?
Minneapolis
has
a
great
opportunity
to
reduce
access
to
menthol
cigarettes
and
to
limit
tobacco.
Only
retailers
and
away
from
minors
every
day.
T
AG
American's
die
from
tobacco-related
diseases
and
replaced
by
two
smokers
under
the
age
of
26
missile
cigarettes
are
one
of
the
many
products
pedaled
into
our
nation's
shoes,
with
intent
of
addicting
a
new
generation
myth.
All
cigarettes
are
one
product
that
lures
one
people,
incidentally
having
and
sets
them
on
the
road
to
hardening
of
arteries
and
coronary
artery
disease
in
adulthood.
So
American
Heart
Association
urges
you
to
vote
to
restrict
menthol
in
Minneapolis
tobacco.
Only
retailers.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
Thank.
H
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Farhad
Mahmoud
and
I
live
at
36
15
Fremont,
Avenue,
North
I
am
here
today
in
support
of
the
proposal.
Sorceress
wear
menthol
tobacco
can
be
sold.
Mental
flavoring
in
tobacco
makes
it
easier
to
easier
to
start
and
harder
to
quit.
Many
people
in
my
community
smoke
shisha
and
mental
flavor
and
mint
flavor
shisha
is
very
popular
with
young
people.
The
Minzy
faith
makes
you
to
seem
less
harsh
and
make
it
easier
to
smoke,
which
means
it's
easier
for
young
people
to
get
addicted.
H
A
AH
My
sister
died
last
year
on
May
25th
and
she
was
in
attendance
at
a
smoker.
She
was
a
regular
smoker,
so
I
think
cigarettes
kills
both
smokers
of
menthol
or
none
winsome,
I'm
gonna
not
going
to
talk
about
the
impact
on
my
store
and
all
of
that,
because
you
guys
know
all
of
this.
It's
you
guys
know
how
much
it's
going
to
make
a
difference
in
our
stores
and
our
businesses
I.
AH
The
only
thing
I,
don't
understand,
is
what's
discrimination
in
here.
Is
it
like?
You
guys
want
to
protect
minorities
from
the
mentha
and
harm
they're,
not
minority,
the
majority?
What
is
this?
Is
it
like?
Okay,
who
minority
you,
cannot
smoke
what
you
like
and
majority
your
smoke.
What
you
like
I
read
it
on
understand
this
this
long.
We
all
talking
about
nine
Ora
tea.
Why
don't
we
give
them
their
choice
to
smoke
whatever
they
will
smoke,
I
sell
black
box,
I
sell
the
regular
cigarettes,
I
mean
and
Mensa
and
I
sell
white
folks
menthol
cigarettes.
AH
AI
Afternoon
my
name
is
Janelle
sessions
in
a
live
in
Ward,
one
I'm,
a
proud,
Minneapolis
resident
mother
and
employee
at
the
American
Lung
Association
I'm
here
today,
in
support
of
the
proposed
ordinance
that
would
restrict
the
sale
of
menthol
tobacco
to
adult-only
tobacco
stores.
I
see
how
methodical
the
tobacco
companies
are
developing
their
advertising
tobacco
industry
documents
reveal
how
menthol
flavored
tobacco
has
deliberately
been
used
to
attract
youth
for
decades
as
a
mother.
AI
It
is
alarming
to
me
that
menthol
cigarette
use
among
youths
has
more
than
doubled
since
2000,
but
you
can
see
why
the
industry
needs
to
replace
the
millions
of
people
who
smoke
they
lose
each
year
to
tobacco
related
causes.
I'd
like
to
see
my
city
do
all
that
I
can
do
to
help
our
young
people
lead
healthy
life
free
from
the
struggles
of
tobacco
addiction.
Thank
you
thank.
C
AJ
Evening,
what
everybody
fear,
I
agree
the
health
issue
and
try
to
reduce
the
use
of
the
smoke
when
we
close
one
door
and
leave
100
door
open.
Are
we
gonna
stop
this
problem
or
we
cannot
reduce
the
death
of
young
kids
from
cancer
or
something
like
this?
You
leave
in
hundreds
or
Orban
Robbinsdale
quickly
embark.
Everybody
like
one
block
around.
He
can
have
an
access
to
back
up
cigarette
and
the
doctor.
He
speaks
about
the
black
market
last
year
when
you
guys
that
the
tobacco
prices
or
done
yet
I
have
approved.
AJ
There's
a
lot
of
black
market
created
in
North
Nieves.
We
have
people
control
our
stores
with
business
card
to
sell
us
product
from
black
market.
He
told
us
we
come
from
Wisconsin
I
have
business
cards
for
these
people.
They
come
from
other
states,
illness
as
a
store
owner
project
for
a
cheaper
price.
I
have
one
customer
he's
talking
about
selling
cigarettes
soon
in
his
truck
like
the
ice
cream
truck
in
the
north
side?
Is
that
going
to
start
the
project?
And
when
we
talk
about
6000
people
die
from
using
menthol
cigarettes?
AJ
How
many
people
die
from
using
glitter?
How
many
people
die
from
last
week,
how
many
people
died
come
shooting?
Why
we
don't
talk
about
these
people?
Why
we
don't
stop
this
thing
instead
of
talking
just
about
who
use
Nearpod
cigarettes?
Is
that
going
to
start
the
problem?
Reading
it
100
door
open
is
not
going
to
publishable.
Thank
you.
Thank.
Q
Hi,
my
name
is
Gilbert
achaya
13
year
resident
of
Minneapolis,
where
I
live
in
the
Ninth
Ward
I
work
at
the
Center
for
prevention
at
Blue,
Cross
and
Blue
Shield
of
Minnesota
early
in
2017.
We
released
the
report
which
found
that
each
year,
smoking
claims
over
6000
lives
in
Minnesota
that
it
costs
our
state
3
point
19
billion
dollars
to
treat
diseases
caused
by
smoking.
That
equates
for
593
dollars
for
every
adult
and
child
in
our
state.
Q
The
number
of
deaths
is
equal
to
eliminating
an
entire
small
town
in
Minnesota,
but
this
work
also
hits
me
personally
as
a
child.
I.
Remember
that
when
my
mom
was
low
in
cash
and
ran
out
of
her
cool
100
's,
she
would
send
me
with
a
dollar
to
our
neighbor's
house,
to
buy
a
single
cigarette
at
the
time.
It
was
a
nuisance
to
me
because
I
just
wanted
to
be
able
to
I
playing
with
the
other
kids.
Last
month,
I
went
home
to
Hawaii
to
visit
my
family,
which
consists
of
the
three
groups
that
dr.
Q
Gardner
earlier
mentioned.
Among
the
many
groups
target
tobacco
industry,
Filipino
Puerto,
Rican
and
Native
Hawaiian
I
stayed
with
my
mom,
who
still
smokes
those
cool
100's
which
he
gets
from
the
convenience
store
right
across
the
street.
Today,
that's
no
longer
a
nuisance.
It's
now
a
serious
threat
to
her
very
life.
She
coughs
a
lot.
She
gets
sick
easily
and
is
out
of
breath
when
she
walked
to
her
job
at
the
elementary
school.
Q
A
few
blocks
from
our
house
I
do
this
work
fighting
for
health
equity
for
racial
equity,
because
it's
the
right
work
to
do
in
our
Minneapolis
community
and
for
the
people
in
our
state,
but
I
also
do
it
because
of
my
mother,
who
not
yet
60
I
worry
won't
be
around
for
very
much
longer,
so
I
urge
the
council
to
support
this
measure
in
favor
of
health
and
racial
equity
in
favor
of
saving
lives.
Thank
you.
Thank.
A
I
AK
The
wholesale
industry
that
serves
these
customers,
not
just
with
tobacco
products,
but
also
with
groceries,
frozen
foods,
food
service
items,
an
entire
catalog
of
15,000
different
items.
What
I
can
tell
you
is
that
the
East
bolts
employ
a
large
number
of
people,
they
take
great
pride
in
their
stores.
They
do
a
lot
for
their
community
and
the
difficulty
that
would
be
imposed
upon
them
with
this
particular
ordinance
is
not
a
good
thing
for
them.
AK
The
cost
of
what
they
would
have
to
do
in
terms
of
trying
to
find
additional
revenue
streams
would
be
an
extremely
high
amount
of
investment
in
something
else,
whether
it
be
food
service
or
other
revenue
streams,
it's
literally
in
the
tens
of
millions
of
dollars
that
this
will
happen
before
we
look
at
passing.
This
I
think
you
folks
need
to
do
a
real
hard
look
at
what
you're
attempting
to
do
with
this
I.
Think
again,
those
folks
have
made
the
comment
that
we
all
know.
AK
AK
I
think
restricting
products
to
smoke
shops
is
not
the
right
thing
to
do.
It's
restrictive
for
folks
I
think
everybody
should
have
an
opportunity
to
buy
a
product,
that's
legal
to
buy
a
product
that
has
been
licensed
and
it
is
very
discriminatory
against
having
these
retailers
able
to
sell
those
products.
Thank.
AM
Okay,
good
afternoon
city
council,
my
name
is
Jean
Nichols
and
I
stand
before
you
and
Greek.
This
is
a
death
of
my
brother
on
July
4th
from
COPD
at
the
age
of
68.
I
am
here
on
behalf
of
the
African
American
Leadership
Forum.
We
are
committed
to
addressing
the
use
of
menthol
tobacco
in
order
to
improve
the
health
of
the
African
Americans
in
Minneapolis
and
help
reducing
health
disparities
across
the
state.
In
2015.
When
you
restricted
fruit
and
candy
flavored
tobacco,
we
told
you
we
would
be
back
to
include
menthol
and
we
are
here.
AM
The
tobacco
industry
has
targeted
african-americans
with
menthol
cigarettes
for
decades.
In
2016,
we
received
the
African
American
Leadership
Forum
received
a
shift
grant
from
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health,
to
educate
and
to
research,
African,
Americans
attitudes
and
perceptions
towards
mental.
We
found
that
eighty
four
percent
of
african-american
smokers
in
the
metro
area
smoke
menthol
tobacco
and
seventy
two
percent
agreed
that
methyl
makes
it
harder
to
quit.
AM
69
percent
of
these
African
American
smokers
believe
menthol
makes
it
order
easier
for
young
people
to
start
smoking.
We
must
do
better.
We
must
do
better.
You
have
the
opportunity
in
front
of
you
to
help
our
young
people
of
color
lead
healthier
lives,
free
from
the
struggles
of
tobacco
addiction.
I
hope
you
will
support
this
important
policy.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
your
support
of
this
ordinance.
Thank.
AN
Yet
my
name
is
Dwight
Alvin
and
I'm.
Also
African
American
male
that
lives
in
south
Minneapolis
and
I
choose
to
smoke
cigarettes
myself
up
thing
is
I
feel
like
on
this
band
would
not
stop
people
from
smoking.
Menthol
tobacco,
it
will
only
create
a
black
market
for
someone
to
sell
menthol
on
the
streets
and
an
underground
market
will
make
it
easier
for
underage
kids
to
get
menthol
cigarettes,
because
no
one
will
be
checking
ID.
The
thing
is:
if
the
problem
is
cigarettes,
why
don't
we
just
barrack
cigarettes?
AN
AO
Name
is
Rashad,
see
fat,
noggin
and
I'm.
A
senior
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
Twin
Cities
living
in
Minneapolis
is
for
two
I'm
here
representing
a
group
of
public
health
and
medical
students
who
strongly
support
this
ardent
preventive
measures
like
the
one
before
you
today
are
the
most
effective
way
to
limit
tobacco
stroll
in
our
communities.
Take
a
moment
to
imagine
what
could
be
done
with
the
three
billion
dollars
in
excess
medical
costs
spent
every
year
in
treating
patients
for
tobacco
related
diseases
in
Minnesota.
That
number
is
not
a
projection.
AO
AP
You
very
much
good
afternoon.
My
name
is
Steve
rush.
I'm,
the
director
of
government
relations
for
Holloway
companies
holiday
is
thirteen
stores
in
Minneapolis
employing
over
two
hundred
people,
and
we
have
been
doing
business
in
the
city
for
over
50
years.
Retailers
do
not
sell
the
underage
individuals.
Most
recent
FDA
study
found
that
we
do
have
a
98
percent
compliance
rate.
The
business
community
community
has
made
a
substantial
investment
in
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
We
can
only
continue
these
investments
when
we
have
certainty,
viable
business
model
that
viability,
viability
is
threatened.
AP
We
continue
to
see
labor
mandates,
packaging
bans
and
restrictions
on
what
products
we
can
sell.
Tobacco
sales
do
constitute
almost
40
percent
of
our
inside
sales,
on
average
per
store,
menthol
wintergreen
and
mint
products,
or
at
least
the
third
and
as
you've
heard
from
some
of
my
colleagues,
that's
much
higher
for
them.
A
ban
on
menthol
and
mint
mint
with
the
green
mint
products
would
eliminate.
Seventy
three
point:
five
million
dollars
in
annual
sales
in
convenience
stores
that
amounts
to
a
sales
loss
of
almost
two
hundred.
Twenty-Six
thousand
dollars
for
the
average
convenience
store.
AP
I
do
have
a
document
to
submit
to
substantiate
these
figures.
The
actual
sales
loss
is
much
higher.
If
we
look
at
the
ancillary
sales
will
Lulu's,
including
gas
and
in-store
products,
the
actual
sales
loss
could
be
over
100
million
dollars.
Annually.
No
segment
of
a
business
community
can
afford
such
sales
losses.
In
order
to
understand
these
numbers,
we
request
that
this
action
be
delayed
until
an
economic
study
can
be
completed,
to
assess
two
things.
First,
what
was
the
effect
of
the
2016
flavor
ban,
including
whether
it
has
created
an
underground
market
and
also?
AP
Secondly,
lista
would
be
the
ultimate
economic
effect
of
a
ban
on
Mentos,
wintergreen
and
mint
products
would
be
I.
Have
two
proposals
management
science
associates
to
submit
for
the
record
documenting
these
economic
studies?
Msa
is
a
neutral
third
party
and
was
chosen
to
administer
data
collection
in
the
1998
master
settlement
agreement.
They
estimate
that
they
can
get
this
done
in
10
weeks.
We
simply
ask
you
to
propose
postpone
any
action
until
they
have
an
opportunity
to
do
so.
Thank
you
very
much
for
your
time.
Thank.
A
AQ
Hello,
my
name
is
grey
pigeon
I'm
here
today
to
support
this
ordinance
on
behalf
of
the
Twin
Cities
Medical
Society
we're
an
organization
that
represents
nearly
3,000
physician
members
and
medical
students
who
live
or
practice
in
Minneapolis.
For
decades.
The
tobacco
industry
has
targeted
our
use
as
you've
heard
over
and
over
today,
particularly
those
from
marginalized
communities
with
menthol
tobacco
products.
They've
done
this
because
the
industry
knows,
and
research
has
confirmed
that
menthol
makes
it
easier
for
use
to
begin
smoking
and
increases
the
chances
that
adolescents
will
go
on
to
smoke
in
adulthood.
AQ
AR
My
name
is
Kel.
I
have
a
store
in
south
Minneapolis
I.
Don't
know
why
you
guys
make
it
it's
us
against
them.
We
all
against
smoke
or
what
we
don't
understand
is
how
come
you
can
split
the
convenience
business
into
two
businesses
with
a
increase
or
two
like
minimum
wage
to
$15
an
hour
within
a
couple
of
years.
How
you
gonna
split
our
business
like
convenience,
store
and
smoke
shop,
looks
to
each
other.
Why
you
want
to
take
it
from
the
convenience
store
and
give
it
a
smoke
shop.
This
is
still
available.
AS
Hi,
my
name
is
Monica
ocean
I
live
at
4354,
Chow
and
Avenue
South,
I
retired,
from
the
Centers
for
Disease,
Control
and
Prevention
in
2015
after
25
years,
serving
in
Centers
for
Disease
Control
office
on
Smoking
and
health,
at
CDC,
I
specialized
in
state
and
local
policies,
I
have
visited
and
consulted
with
the
tobacco
prevention
programs
in
all
50
states.
In
many
cities
and
communities
and
counties.
I
strongly
support
this
policy
to
restrict
sales
of
menthol
flavored
tobacco
products.
AS
The
US
Surgeon
General
issued
a
report
that
says
menthol
in
cigarettes
was
a
design
feature
that
produced
physiological
effects,
including
sensory
effects,
contributing
to
tobacco
use,
and
that
removal
of
menthol
cigarettes
from
the
marketplace
would
benefit
public
health
in
the
United
States
menthol
flavored
tobacco
products
contribute
to
the
480
thousand
Americans
who
die
of
smoking
every
year.
The
silence
is
very
clear
that
this
policy
will
work
as
our
excellent
Minneapolis
Health
Department
points
out
in
the
request
for
committee
action
documents.
AS
This
policy
will
cut
the
number
of
teams
who
initiate
tobacco
use
and
reduce
the
number
of
adults
who
continue
smoking,
especially
among
a
minority
group.
Minneapolis
and
Minnesota
are
nationally
recognized
leaders
in
public
health.
Putting
this
policy
in
place
will
be
good
for
Minneapolis
and
will
encourage
cities
across
the
country
to
do
the
same.
I
want
to
congratulate
council
members
for
your
leadership
and
courage
in
adopting
this
policy.
Thank
you.
Thank.
AT
Good
afternoon,
chair
Gardner
members
of
the
City
Council,
my
name
is
Emily
Anderson
and
I
love
that
4136
Columbus
Avenue
in
Ward
8.
My
daughter
Vivian,
is
very
upset
that
she
couldn't
be
here
today.
Maybe
she
was
a
little
bit
more
upset
that
it
was
nap
time
and
she
had
to
leave
my
second
little
one
will
arrive
in
November
Wow
I'm
here
today.
In
support
of
this
proposed
ordinance.
AT
My
family
and
I
are
very
proud
to
live
in
and
progress
the
city
that's
willing
to
take
on
tough
issues
to
make
our
community
better
for
everyone,
a
city's
leaders.
You
can
prioritize
the
health
of
all
Minneapolis
residents
by
restricting
the
sale
of
menthol
tobacco.
The
tobacco
industry
will
not
continue
to
thrive
if
young
people
don't
start
to
smoke,
and
it's
well
documented
that
menthol
makes
starting
easier.
AT
Restricting
the
sale
of
menthol
to
adults
only
shops
will
help
prevent
kids,
like
my
Vivian
and
my
little
one
on
the
way
from
ever
picking
up
the
deadly
habit,
and
it
will
have
a
lasting
impact
for
generations
to
come.
There's
been
lots
of
talk
about
livelihood
today
and
I'm
talking
about
live
on
behalf
of
my
husband
Vivian
and
our
little
one
on
the
way
I.
Thank
you
for
your
time
and
for
your
support
of
this
ordinance.
AT
AU
Afternoon
my
name
is
Karla
and
I
wasn't
even
North
Minneapolis
I
had
been
apart.
I
had
been
a
part
of
the
brain
free,
North
Crow
briefing
work
for
two
years
working
to
improve
the
health
of
families
and
communities
in
North
Minneapolis
by
reducing
the
youth
access
to
tobacco.
I
am
here
today
to
tell
you
why
I
support
changing
have
menthol
is
sold
here
in
our
city
when
I
found
out
that
the
City
Council
was
considering
regulates
brake
regulating
these
flavored
products
that
are
very
appealing
to
young
people.
AU
Y
The
truth
is
these:
harmful
tobacco
products
are
installed
in
US
Minneapolis
and
young
people
can
get
them
with
no
hesitation
really
I'd
like
to
live
in
the
community,
where
young
people
never
start
to
use
tobacco.
If
they
never
start,
then
they
never
have
to
quit.
I
strongly
believe
that
if
you
make
this
change,
there
will
be
fewer
tears
coming
addicted
to
miss
out
tobacco.
To
me,
that's
all
the
reason
we
need
should
no
amount
of
money
can't
be
more
important
in
the
life
of
the
outside
the
life
of
the
jumper.
Thank
you
for
your
time.
AV
Afternoon
Minneapolis
City,
Council
whimpers,
my
name
is
karma
and
I
am
a
member
of
brief
free
North,
my
family
and
I
live
and
work
for
thankful.
Thank
you
for
letting
me
tell
you
why
I
think
changing
the
way
to
mentally
so
in
Minneapolis
is
so
important.
If
you
decide
to
take
this
off
flavor
tobacco,
a
lot
of
stores
that
kids
visit
every
day,
I
know
fewer
kids
with
will
start,
you
start
using
products
and
become
addicted.
This
will
make
our
community
healthier
today
in
the
future.
Thank
you.
Thank.
I
R
R
Hi
I'm
Steve,
Marsh
I,
live
on
72
to
Monroe
and
northeast
and
I
tried
cigarettes
for
the
first
time
on
my
grandpa's
farm.
When
I
was
12
years
old,
they
were
not
meant
ball,
but
I
do
smoked
Newports.
Today
the
statistics
are
clear,
oppressed
and
marginalized
groups
of
all
colors
and
poor
white
people
smoke
cigarettes
much
more
than
groups
who
are
doing
better
financially.
R
R
R
Were
given
to
them
by
the
Minnesota
Association
for
non-smokers,
which
is
funded
by
a
$150,000
grant
by
clearway,
Minnesota
and
I,
just
think
that
the
anti
Lobby
to
anti
tobacco
lobbies
dirty
secret
is
that
menthol
tobacco
isn't
the
reason
marginalized
groups
and
poor
white
people
are
struggling.
It's
a
symptom.
Many
of
us
are
facing
real
barriers
to
doing
better
in
this
city
and
if
the
anti-gun
Lobby
or
the
pro-education
Lobby
or
the
criminal
justice
reform
Lobby,
has
this
kind
of
funding
to
hire
expensive
lobbyists
who
could
pass
out
free
t-shirts?
R
Maybe
they
could
help
set
the
council's
agenda.
Eventually,
the
disadvantaged
classes
of
today
could
trade
up
to
slightly
healthier,
yet
more
socially
acceptable,
biases
like
drinking
scotch
or
frequenting
French,
French
restaurants,
or
spending
too
much
money
on
yoga
classes
and
I
just
like
to
ask:
when
is
prohibition
ever
work.
AW
A
AW
AW
Support
of
the
new
ordinance
for
dreams,
in
essence,
guys
to
support
I've
lived
in
Minneapolis,
my
entire
life
and
I
grew
it
up
and
going
to
school
in
Minneapolis.
I
also
have
experience
in
going
to
school
in
other
suburbs
of
Minneapolis,
and
the
reason
that
I
bring
that
up
to
you
today
is
the
fact
that
I've
noticed
attic
youth
as
a
youth.
The
difference
in
how
menthol
and
tobacco
products
are
being
advertised
and
marketed
in
my
city
compared
to
the
cities
I
would
go
to
school.
AW
The
reason
I
bring
this
up
to
you
is
that
I
remember
as
the
kid
coming
home
from
the
gas
station
convenience
store
in
my
neighborhood
and
walking
home
and
asked
my
mom
about
Newports.
This
is
I
was
a
child
when
I
brought
this
up
to
her
and
I
got
in
trouble,
of
course,
and
the
reason
I
brought
this
up
store
is
because
I
had
noticed
that
every
convenience
store
and
gas
station
in
my
neighborhood
had
the
same
culture
on
their
front
door,
and
that
poster
was
a
picture
of
a
huge
package
of
Newports
cigarettes.
AW
The
reason
I
bring
this
up
to
you
today
is
because
I've
experienced
firsthand
on
how
this
creates
a
negative
social
norm
amongst
youth.
This
has
led
to
many
of
our
friends
and
peers
to
pick
up
cigarettes
as
early
as
middle
school
and
becoming
addicted
to
D
cigarettes
by
by
the
time
we
graduated
high
school.
This
is
why
today
I
actually
to
support
the
ordinance
and
creating
a
better
smoke-free
environment
for
our
youth.
Thank
you
today.
Thank.
I
I
I
I
AX
Chair
Gordon
and
council
members,
my
name
is
Raymond
Boyle
I
represented
Ward
one
on
the
Minneapolis
Public
Health
Advisory
Council,
a
committee.
Sorry
I
live
at
two
three
three
one
Roosevelt
Street
in
Northeast,
Minneapolis
I've
lived
north
east
or
twenty
three
years.
My
spouse
is
a
public
health,
public,
a
Minneapolis
public
school
teacher,
and
we
raised
our
kids
in
this
great
city
professionally.
AX
As
you
know,
the
committee
consists
of
Minneapolis
residents
from
every
city,
Ward
and
other
key
representatives.
I
want
to
highlight
that
all
20
members
of
the
committee
have
endorsed
this
letter
of
support.
We're
asking
the
City
Council
to
vote
in
favor
of
the
public
health
by
adopting
the
restriction
on
the
sale
of
flavored
tobacco
products
to
tobacco.
Only
shops
you'll
note
in
our
letter
that
we
highlight
the
strong
evidence
base
rationale
for
restricting
the
sale
of
menthol
tobacco.
AX
The
research
is
quite
clear:
it
makes
it
easier
to
start
appears,
appeals
to
young
people
and
is
disproportionately
marketed
to
communities
of
color.
I
personally
think.
The
change
in
the
tobacco
ordinance
is
a
perfect
example
of
strong
public
policies
that
will
enhance
it's
also
important
to
realize
we're
not
alone
restrict
restricting
mental
has
been
endorsed
by
the
American
Public
Health
Association,
the
American
Academy
of
Pediatrics
and
many
other
national
and
local
health
experts.
AX
AY
AY
AU
AZ
My
name
is
tole
khesin
and
is
me
I'm
here
to
speak
against
the
earth
I'm
here
for
the
on
policy
and
I
feel
like
prohibiting
what
I
meant
on
commercial
tobacco's
being
sold
would
help
because
they
give
their
youth
within
the
community.
If
I
didn't
act,
a
little
commercial
tobacco
free
lifestyle,
this
policy
will
give
our
youth
less
access
and.
AU
BA
BA
I
just
want
to
say
that,
since
in
history,
tobacco
was
meant
for
prayer
was
it
wasn't
intended
for
to
be
commercial
tobacco
to
be
colonized
with
the
ingredients
of
famÃlia,
hide
sugar
bleach
and
we
can
go
on
when
it's
intended
and
abused
in
that
way,
it
becomes
deadly
becomes
sick
if
it
weren't
colonized
and
it
weren't
processed
and
altered
from
traditional
tobacco
to
commercial
tobacco.
We
wouldn't
be
here
today
fighting
for
the
next
generation
that
comes
before
us.
BA
V
If
my
name
is
Jeanne
Wykeham
and
I'm,
the
president
of
the
Association
for
non-smokers
Minnesota,
when
we
take
a
position
on
something
we
try
to
have
some
evidence
to
support
it,
and
we
did
some
research.
We
research
documents
from
the
Commandant's
store
in
industry
and
learned
some
very
interesting
things.
The
interesting
would
have
you
believe
that
the
sky
and
their
profits
will
fall
catastrophic
Lee.
Should
this
ordinance
be
passed,
their
own
documents
tell
a
very
different
story.
V
While
all
tobacco
sales
make
up
36%
of
in-store
sales,
it
makes
only
17%
of
profits.
You
heard
many
people
here
today
talk
about
sales,
nobody
mentioned
profits,
profits,
17%
and
that's
all
tobacco
products.
The
average
in
Minnesota
is
25%
of
the
tobacco
sold
is
menthol,
so
we're
talking
25%
of
17
percent
and
suddenly
the
numbers
look
rather
different.
V
V
The
tobacco
industry
also
claims
that,
when
they
can't
sell
particular
tobacco
product,
they
also
won't
sell
other
products
in
their
stores.
We
research
that
too,
from
their
own
documents,
and
we
discovered
that
49%
of
people
who
go
to
convenience
stores
go
to
buy
a
beverage
35%
go
to
purchase
food
or
a
snack
and
17%
go
to
purchase
other
things,
including
tobacco
tobacco,
isn't
even
in
the
top
three.
In
other
words,
people
go
to
convenience
stores
for
a
whole
lot
of
the
venta
backhoe.
In
March
we
surveyed
a
hundred
adult
smokers
in
Minneapolis
and
st.
V
BB
Just
new
council
members,
my
name
is
Sai
boo
and
that
requires
36
32nd
Avenue
South
in
Ward
Lebanon
as
I.
Wonder,
who
worked
in
cancer
prevention
I,
fully
supported
onion,
it
was
not
serious,
can
become
addicted
to
tool
for
tobacco.
There
made
Somali,
but
you
know
Asian
and
Native.
American
Jews
living
in
my
neighborhood
I
have
d3
to
easy
access
to
mental
tobacco.
Menthol
makes
it
easier
for
them
to
start
smoking
and
contribute
to
the
health
disparities
we
see
in
Minneapolis.
Menthol
also
makes
it
harder
for
people
to
quit
smoking.
BB
In
my
work,
I
talk
to
a
lot
of
smokers.
I
was
all
that
have
told
me
they
want
to
stop
in
which
they
had
never
started
with
orange
will
help
prevent
young
people
from
ever
starting
and
never
having
to
face
the
difficulty
of
trying
to
quit
or
the
health
consequences
of
tobacco
use.
I
hope
that
you
all
vote.
Yes.
Thank
you.
Thank.
C
Good
afternoon,
that's
university
council,
my
name
is
Mitchell
Davis
I'm,
a
researcher
I
live
in
North
Minneapolis
28,
ten
18th
Avenue
North
in
Minneapolis
I'm
also
consulted
also
the
pastoral
staff
of
the
new
life
7.
They
administer
CH
I've
held
positions
at
the
Minneapolis
Urban
League
teaching.
The
tobacco
cessation
program
that
hip
and
Counting
endorses
also
I
have
served
at
the
University
of
Minnesota
health
disparities,
Community
Health,
Advisory,
Council,
chairperson
and
also.
C
For
the
Minnesota
Department
of
Health,
Office
of
minority
and
multicultural
health
today,
I'm
here
to
support
this
proposal,
I've
seen
how
men
thought
tobacco
affects
black
Minnesota,
not
just
in
my
work,
but
also
as
a
black
male
as
well.
Historically,
smoking
has
had
a
special
resonance
in
the
black
community
Brown
&
Williamson
started
advertising
cooled
back
in
1960,
using
African
American
models
and
language
that
respected
reflected
the
black
experience.
It
quickly
became
the
most
popular
brand
for
African
Americans
at
that
time.
Since
then,
tobacco
company
still
flawed
our
community
with
messages
promoting
menthol
cigarettes.
C
You
see
if
they
adapt
to
the
changing
times.
When
funk
was
big,
it
makes
it
as
funky
when
hip-hop
to
older,
they
made
the
tobacco
advertisements
hip-hop
they
keep
their
finger
on
the
pulse
beat
so
they
can
reach
out,
like
you
just
like
they're
doing
today.
So
keeping
menthol
out
of
the
stores
will
help
keep
our
young
people
our
children
in
our
youth,
who
have
always
been
the
big
tobacco's
real
targets.
By
passing
this
policy,
you
will
help
snatch
our
youth
and
our
children
from
the
jaws
of
big
tobacco.
C
AY
A
A
BC
I
also
just
wanted
to
check
and
make
sure
that
we're
going
to
be
able
to
take
action
today
and
kind
of
leave
it
up,
maybe
to
folks
who
come
to
speak
if
they
want
to
choose
between
us,
sharing
the
rest
of
the
hearing
and
being
able
to
take
action
or
not
I'm
able
to
stay
for
as
long
as
we
need,
but
just
wanted
to
check
in
just
because
you
made
that
statement
at
the
beginning
of
the
committee.
Yes,.
AR
F
A
BD
My
name
is
Kelsey
Jarrett
I'm,
the
health
committee
coordinator
for
the
Minneapolis
News,
Congress
and
I'm
here
on
behalf
of
my
organization,
to
send
the
letter
to
you
guys,
dear
Minneapolis,
City
Council,
the
Minneapolis
Youth
Congress,
whose
motto
is
no
decision
about
us
without
us.
Is
it
supports
amending
the
tobacco
sale
ordinance
to
remove
the
menthol
flavored
tobacco
assumption
so
that
menthol
tobacco
products
are
instructed
to
adult-only
tobacco
shops.
The
minneapolis
dude
economist
has
discussed
issue
at
multiple
meetings,
and
many
members
share
that
mental
products
are
popular
among
you.
BD
Mit
members
feel
that
they
that
youth
are
able
to
easily
access
these
products
by
purchasing
directly
at
the
store
in
2015.
The
Minneapolis
Youth
Congress
made
recommendations
directly
to
you
guys
to
restrict
the
sale
of
flavored
tobacco
products
to
tobacco.
Only
shops
which
would
limit
the
age
at
which
tobacco
flavor
is
sold
based
on
our
surveys
and
focused
conversations
would
be
used
at
the
community.
The
MMIC
believes
restricting
access
is
an
important
strategy
to
prevent
youth
from
starting
tobacco
and
eventually
becoming
a
lifelong
user.
The
2015
ordinance
change,
while
an
important
first
steps.
BD
Web
belt
menthol
flavoring,
which
is
a
widely
appealing
flavor
for
use
in
our
2014
youth
survey.
When
asked
if
the
cigarettes
they
usually
smoke
are
mental
51
percent
said
they
are
faithfulness.
Data
is
clear
that
menthol
is
an
important
first
step
to
creating
lifelong
users.
The
Minneapolis
Youth
Congress
is
heavily
invested
in
this
issue
and
asks
you
to
remove
the
menthol
exemption
to
better
project
the
use
of
Minneapolis
of
all
backgrounds
from
tobacco
targeting
and
lifelong
health
issues
associated
with
being
tobacco
users.
Thank
you.
A
BE
I'm
TT
Lyle
media
co-executive,
director
of
we
win
Institute.
Our
mission
is
academic
and
social
success
of
all
children,
which
includes
their
health
I
live
in
the
Ninth
Ward
Alondra
is
my
tonsil
number
and
I
could
repeat
say
that
has
been
said
over
and
over
again,
but
I
want
to
just
focus
on
one
thing
that
we
win
is
doing
we're
using
some
of
the
tobacco
companies
tactics.
We
are
working
with
our
children
and
were
educating
them
in
terms
of
the
dangers
of
tobacco.
BE
I
was
a
smoker
once
and
what
did
I
smoke
menthol
and
it
was
the
hardest
thing
that
I
ever
did
in
terms
of
quitting,
because
I
wanted
you
to
know
something.
It
wasn't
that
I
kept
enjoying
it.
I
was
just
so
addicted
and
it
was
very,
very
difficult,
and
what
I'm
saying
to
you
is
that
we
already
know
that
the
majority
of
smokers
in
the
african-american
community,
smokes,
menthol
and
I
want
you
to
know
when
I
was
young
and
I
was
smoking.
BE
If
they
were
selling
cigarettes
at
corner
stores,
I
never
would
have
had
access
to
it.
It
would
have
been
too
hard,
and
the
only
thing
that
I
have
to
say
to
store
owners
is
that
let's
lose
a
little
profit
if
there's
much
being
gotten
in
terms
of
the
health
of
our
children
and
that
some
of
our
children
are
going
to
come
and
testify
to
you
in
terms
of
explaining
what
they've
learned
in
terms
of
the
dangers
of
tobacco
and
menthol.
Please
support
this
ordinance.
BF
My
name
is
ray
ray
Sharon
and
we
participate
and
we
win
full
of
distinction
program.
We've
done
a
lot
of
research
and
learned
a
lot
about
Minnesota
without
tobacco
harm
in
our
community
over
the
past
two
years
as
a
part
of
our
project
on
missile,
we
completed
surveys
on
our
peers
on
tobacco
during
January
February
and
March.
We
surveyed
a
total
of
200
kids
10
to
18
who
live
in
Minneapolis.
The
survey
showed
that
60%
of
those
students
who
think
that
tobacco
is
a
problem
in
their
community
books.
BF
BG
Hi,
my
name
is
Mesa
Gumby
on
a
and
while
we
were
working
on
these
surveys,
people
told
a
story
about
how
sabbatical
affects
their
lives
and
I'm
going
to
tell
you
a
couple
one
boy.
He
started
crying
and
breaking
down
because
his
grandfather
was
who
he
was
really
close
to
passed
away
from
smoking-related
illnesses
and
another
boy
said
he
smokes
and
when
he
was
done,
he
asked
if
he
had
to
put
his
name
on
the
survey
I
thought
about.
He
didn't
have
to
and
later
realized
why
he
didn't
want
to.
BH
My
name
is
Louise
Miller
and
I
am
probably
went
into
the
to
my
society
and
I
know
many
people
who
smoke
and
it
lets
me
know
that
their
health
is
hurt
by
tobacco
and
also
makes
me
angry
that
tobacco
campaign
is
charging
African.
American
people
so
create
shall
be
my
friends
and
family
stay
away
from
the
benefits
of
tobacco.
A
So
we're
probably
going
to
lose
our
quorum
in
about
nine
minutes
there's
at
least
it
looks
like
about
seventeen
people
who
want
to
speak
in
favor
of
agree
on
ordinance,
left
and
six
who
are
opposed.
I'd
like
to
take
as
many
comments
as
we
can
till
then,
unless
the
committee
feels
like
we
need
to
delay
to
get
all
the
comments.
I
also
don't
want
to
cut
anybody
off.
We
necessarily
wants
to
speak.
Maybe
I
could
get
a
show
of
hands
with
that
information
in
mind.
A
Is
there
somebody
and
and
also
think
about,
what's
already
been
stated,
what's
already
been
covered
and
what
hasn't
been
covered?
Is
there
somebody
who
really
feels
the
need
that
they
want
to
add
something
new
and
to
speak
to
this
issue,
raise
your
hand
and
I,
don't
know
who's
in
the
other
room,
but
I
see
Natalie
with
your
hand
up
one
two,
three,
four,
five,
six,
seven
eight
hands:
nine!
A
A
How
can
I
say
no
to
that,
so
why
don't
we
try
to
try
to
raise
your
hands
again
then?
Maybe,
if
people
are
aren't
really
done,
alright
put
your
hands
down
how
many
of
those
are
against
the
proposal?
One,
two:
okay:
why
don't
we
take
you've
already
spoken
against
the
proposal.
I
know
that
you've
spoken:
we've
got
you.
A
Why
don't
we
take
two
who
are
against
and
see
if
we
can
get
give
them
a
couple
minutes
and
then
we'll
take
the
two
remaining
who
are
left
or
if
they
need
to
they
can
try
to
fit
into
the
time.
So
did
you
want
to
speak
opposed
to
this?
No
behind
you!
Yes,
why
don't
you
speak
to
try
to
keep
it
to
one
or
two
minutes,
the
shorter,
the
better.
AB
Okay,
so
here
Minneapolis
Lee
council
in
free
to
choose
Milton
Friedman,
stated:
there's
no
place
for
government
government
to
prohibit
consumers
from
buying
products,
The
effect
of
which
to
be
harmed
to
themselves.
When
it
comes
to
the
back
of
tobacco,
flavorings
should
extend
to
all
Americans
to
the
early,
restrict
flavored
and
methylated
tobacco
sales
in
all
of
Minnesota.
Should
we
find
it
necessary
to
dictate
a
consumers
choice?
Does
not
health
and
wellness
begin
at
home?
AB
Do
the
lobbyists
and
tax-free
religious
organization
strongly
influence
the
Minneapolis
City
Council's
maintenance
cloak
of
Public
Welfare,
without
considering
the
people,
it
is
still
not
clear
as
specific
tobacco
flavoring
field
bans
would
actually
be
successful
in
decreasing
tobacco
purchases
and
eliminating
health
care
disparities.
Overall
Chicago
the
first
city
to
ban
methylated
products
has
already
retracted
many
restrictions.
If
we
attempt
to
further
encourage
healthier
lifestyle,
then
we
cannot
further
never
be
mean
problems,
neighborhood,
blades
and
crime
in
minority-majority
neighborhoods.
AB
Reducing
consumption
of
tobacco
is
a
laudable
goal,
given
their
likely
impact
on
the
state's
health.
Yet
there
is
no
need
to
single
out
of
specific
populations.
All
Americans
should
consume
less
tobacco
product
products
of
any
flavor.
If
we
want
to
constructively
impact
health
outcomes,
our
small
retail
businesses
are
important.
It
should
not
be
attacked
for
providing
a
good.
AB
More
importantly,
a
broad-based
educational
campaign
campaign
would
prove
more
effective
or
even
footing
to
a
sugar
ban
or
caffeine
dance
as
neighborhood
businesses
continue
to
be
further
restricted
in
sales
in
Minneapolis
Minneapolis
residents
suffer
in
the
likelihood
of
a
black
market.
Is
certain.
Will
the
ban
prevent
people
from
consuming
methylated
tobacco
products?
No,
it
will
commute
elsewhere.
Often
these
various
stores
offer
a
multitude
of
convenience
services
for
the
very
specific
populations
the
band
wishes
to
target
many
businesses
and
franchises
refrained
from
doing
businesses
in
my
backyard
due
to
the
demographics.
So.
I
O
AB
A
BI
Clay,
liberal
I
own
Metro,
petrol
by
University
I'm
in
cam,
Gordon's
district
I'm,
going
to
talk
about
the
financial
aspect
here
for
all
of
us
here
in
the
industry
and
also
the
industry
as
a
whole
tobacco
industry.
We
just
got
a
note
from
Wells
Fargo
that
their
their
assessment
of
this
is
it's
a
no
factor
for
the
manufacturers.
BI
We
feel
my
wife
and
I
and
I.
Think
everybody
in
this
room
is
there's
some
business
laws
here.
That
needs
become
dated
for
if
we're
going
to
go
through
with
this,
but
I
started
this
business
without
seeing
this
coming
at
all
and
I
know,
it's
business
is
tough,
and
this
led.
The
other
and
I
chose
this
business,
but
a
legal
product
being
banned
it
from
the
state
government.
It's
just
nothing
you
can
prepare
for
and
if
the
government
comes
in
and
builds
a
new
highway,
they
compensate
the
business
of
the
homeowner
or
something
like
that.
BI
BC
BI
So
if
that
cam
it
I
can
adjust
that
fast,
I
know
you've
heard
that
that
also
we're
not
opposed
to
this.
It's
just
you
guys
got
to
slow
this
down
a
lot,
and
that's
that's
going
to
be
our
message
right
now.
You
guys
are
winning.
It
is
slowing
down
and
even
though
everybody
saying
it's
not,
it
is
slowing
down.
BI
I
see
it
I'm,
the
guy
that
sells
it,
that's
what
you're
trying
to
prevent
and
it
is
totally
down
and
we're
making
that
adjustment,
but
slowly
you're,
going
to
see
contributions
to
the
neighborhood
I
can't
afford
that
anymore.
My
membership
associations
zero.
So
it
affects
a
lot
of
other
things,
I'm
sure.
A
E
Minute,
my
name
is
Sally.
My
last
net
1001
executed
that
the
allowances
consist
of
Minnesota
on
behalf
of
the
southeast.
Asia's
our
reloadable
Kings
are
the
smoking
is
the
icing
down
bullet,
and
today
we
are
coming
to
talk
about
important
things.
The
decision
making
today
is
for
generations
and
very
concept
about
my
community
health
and
concern
about
that.
Maybe
I
have
not
an
apt
in
it.
If
you
don't
have
long,
it
does
apologies,
my
house,
she
would
break
it
so
today
I
delight
in
your
leadership
to
make
who
make
decision
that
will
take
our
community.
E
So
this
is
a.
This
is
what
it
is.
Another
personal
politics
is
my
first
half
to
testify
in
living
here
for
35
years.
Today
is
my
birthday
I
see
that
this
very
important
bill,
or
they
have
a
community
coming
here
in
Lincoln
level,
they
are
very
support.
I
would
like
to
thank
you
for
your
support.
Agree.
This.
A
BC
A
A
A
Down
for
a
minute,
all
right,
I'm
just
going
to
make
it
clear
yeah.
So,
as
I
said
at
the
beginning,
and
as
we
stopped
to
talk
about
a
couple
of
times,
we
didn't
have
a
full.
A
full
quorum
of
the
committee
is
for
committee
members.
We
had
quorum,
we
were
concerned
about
quorum
and
we
try
to
various.
What
happens
is
sometimes
council
members
get
busy
schedules
and
they
make
other
appointments.
I.
A
Think
our
assumption
is
that
people
weren't
here
if
they
had
some
legitimate
reason,
councilmember
bender,
explained
to
me
early
on
weeks
ago,
if
she
had
a
doctor's
appointment
and
she'd
have
to
leave
early
council
member
fire.
I
learned
this
morning
had
some
kind
of
conflict
on
his
calendar
I
heard
at
about
3:20.
The
council
member
Cano
also
had
an
appointment
council
member
Johnson
I
knows
also
as
a
4
o'clock
scheduled.
So
people
were
warning
me
about
it
generally.
I
want
the
public
hearing
to
go
as
long
as
possible.
A
Generally
I
like
to
give
three
minutes
to
everybody
to
speak.
We
had
a
big
list
of
people,
so
we
shortened
it
right
now.
The
public
hearing
is
still
open.
We
can
keep
our
committee
going
and
take
all
the
testimony
that
we
want,
but
we
are
prohibited
by
our
rules
of
taking
any
action
without
a
quorum.
A
A
BJ
I'll
tell
her
John's
going
to
have
deleting
the
media
in
the
ward,
4
councilmember,
Nancy,
Johnson,
Lee
I
will
say
to
you.
That
was
a
very
cowardly
move
and
I
would
tell
her
to
her
face
because
she
could
she
could
have
saved
a
couple
more
minutes
and
I'll
make
sure
she
understandable,
indicated
to
you
actually
13
years
almost
to
the
date.
The
city
of
Minneapolis
me
sitting
behind
that
chair
made
a
courageous
vote
and
that
vote
was
to
ban
smoking
in
restaurants
and
bars.
BJ
The
reason
why
I
know
how
this
goes
because
I
sat
there
and
we
listened
to
many
many
hours
of
testimony
from
concerned
citizens
on
both
sides.
As
a
council
member,
when
you
know
those
issues
are
coming
up,
you
change
your
priorities
to
listen
to
the
citizens.
That
goes
you
into
office.
That's
what
you
do
so
so
what
I'm
saying
here
today?
If
the
several
people
have
said
you
know
it's
not
a
statewide
dance.
BJ
Well,
neither
was
a
smoking
ban
and
two
years
later,
with
statewide
I'm
going
to
say
here
today,
I
support
this
amendment
I'm
very
frustrated
and
unnerved
that
we've
turned
it
into
a
racial
issue
when
it's
about
the
health
of
our
youth
and
the
health
of
young
people
across
the
city
of
Minneapolis.
Many
of
the
people
that
you
talked
that
that
are
opposed
are
only
but
it's
always
a
restaurant.
They
were
business
owners
and
they
they
had
all
some
of
the
same
complaints
that
I
hear
right
now,
but
our
restaurants
and
our
businesses
are
thriving
downtown.
BJ
AD
Good
afternoon
City
Council
members,
my
name,
is
Elizabeth
I
live
on
the
north
side
of
Minneapolis
I
am
speaking
on
the
behalf
of
every
child.
They're
going
to
be
here
right
now,
I
think
that
you
should
put
metal
tobacco
and
a
doctors
only
so
children
cannot
access
it.
Children
are
the
key
to
the
future.
To
experience
are
the
future
lift
off
the
back.
Go
is
back
to
your
health,
this
off
the
backbone.
It
is
addictive.
A
AL
Good
afternoon
my
name
is
Damari
Jordan
on
Cherry
I'm
17
years
old
I
have
been
in
the
Youth
Congress
with
last
five
years.
I
was
a
part
of
the
effort
to
pass
the
first
ordinance,
and
now
I
am
back
to
get
this
one
passed.
My
grandmother
used
to
smoke
a
pack
of
Newports
menthol
cigarettes
a
day.
Her
smoking
contributed
greatly
to
my
asthma.
Almost
all
of
my
grandmother's
children,
smokes
Newports
cigarettes
and
I've
tried
multiple
times
to
quit
without
any
success.
I
am
a
high
school
student
and
see
a
great
deal
of
my
peers.
AL
Smoking
cigarettes.
The
menthol
exemption
concerns
me
for
many
reasons,
among
them
being
that
I
have
four
younger,
siblings
and
I
want
them
to
have
the
opportunity
to
live
a
cigarette
free
life
and
I
believe
the
first
step
is
to
make
tobacco
products,
especially
the
flavored
products,
less
accessible
to
underage
youth.
Thank
you
for
your
consideration
to
this
policy.
F
My
name
is
Sharon
record
item
17
years
old
and
I
have
been
a
part
of
the
minneapolis
youth
congress
for
two
or
three
years
now-
and
I
am
here
with
another
member,
as
you
have
seen
on
behalf
of
the
other
youth
congress
members,
I
grew
up
in
a
household
where
my
and
my
mom
smoked
menthol
products.
They
claim
to
what
it
helps
with
their
nerves,
but
I
know
the
bad
habits
that
they
picked
up
from
going
up
around
it.
F
This
problem
does
not
stop
at
my
home,
though,
I
see
it
in
my
community
with
my
peers
at
my
high
school
on
the
streets
downtown,
where
many
people
go
each
day,
some
either
the
same
age
as
I
am
older
or
even
younger
than
I
am.
In
my
experience,
many
menthol
companies
tend
to
set
their
products
in
this
in
neighborhoods
with
the
poor
underserved
populations,
because
they
know
that
our
people
are
the
ones
who
will
give
them
the
most
profit.
My
mom
is
one
of
those
who
were
targeted
with
metal
products
that
affect
the
underserved
populations.
F
They
could
even
get
the
generations
after
us
growing
up
around
this
bad
habit.
With
my
other
five
siblings,
it
rubbed
off
on
them
as
well.
I
understand
the
companies
need
their
profit,
but
that
doesn't
mean
that
their
products
should
be
everywhere
possible
being
accessed
by
even
teenagers.
That
I
know
the
health
problems
that
come
along
with
the
smoking.
Them
is
very
dangerous,
as
we
all
know,
I'm,
not
sure
if
that
means
anything
to
you,
but
it
means
a
lot
to
me
and
other
families
who
may
have
lost
someone
to
the
outcomes
of
this
product.
F
AG
My
name
is
lateesha
Vito.
There's
this
picture
of
the
half
the
second
half
of
our
group
out
in
the
hallway
earlier
I
just
brought
back
to
show
the
council.
They
were
sitting
in
the
overflow
room
and
they
wanted
to
be
seen,
so
they
were
here
earlier
when
the
room
was
jam-packed.
So,
as
I
said,
my
name
is
Patricia
Vito
I
work
at
Northpoint
health
and
wellness
center
in
North,
Minneapolis
and
I
passionately
support
restricting
the
Selvam
in
tobacco
products
to
adult
tobacco
shops
in
our
city.
AG
You
may
be
familiar
with
my
space
as
I
help
to
lead
the
efforts
in
2015
to
restrict
the
sale
of
sweet,
candy
flavored
tobacco
products
to
adult
only
shops.
While
I
was
proud
of
the
unanimous
vote
to
support
the
measure,
I
told
you
at
that
time
that
I'd
be
back.
Here
I
am
with
two
large
groups
right
one
in
the
hallway
one
in
the
room.
Menthol
is
not
just
another
flavor,
it
is
the
flavor
for
the
tobacco
industry's
bottom
line.
Mints
are
used
among
certain
populations
is
inexcusably
high.
AG
AG
The
message
these
men
bring
with
them
all
on
the
dime
of
Reynolds
America
makers
of
the
most
popular
menthol
cigarette
Newports
is
that
what
the
city
of
Minneapolis
is
proposing
is
a
ban
on
myth
off
the
back
off.
They
go
on
radio
show
and
talk
to
black
churches,
trying
to
raise
fears
that
this
ordinance
will
criminalize,
mostly
black
men.
They
argue
that
the
proposal
amounts
to
prohibition
and
will
lead
to
harassment
of
menthol
smokers.
You
and
I
know
full
well
that
this
is
an
outright
line,
but
when
the
industry
sends
in
our
sharpton
people
listen.
AG
A
BK
BK
Despite
what
some
may
argue,
this
policy
is
not
discriminatory
towards
African
Americans.
In
fact,
it
is
the
tobacco
industry
that
has
racially
targeted
african-americans
for
decades.
Because
of
this
targeting
the
industry
has
benefited
handsomely
at
the
expense
of
african-american
love,
an
executive
of
ours,
Gabriel
upset
and
I
hope.
We
don't
smoke
that
s
blank
blank
voice,
we
get
sell
it.
We
reserve
the
right
to
smoke
for
the
young,
the
poor,
the
black
and
stupid.
End
quote
this
is
the
racist
statement
and
clearly
shows
that
our
community
has
long
been
a
target
of
the
tobacco
industry.
BK
Not
doing
so
to
curb
the
impact
of
tobacco
has
on
our
city.
Good
effect
be
considered.
Racist
sitting
on
our
hands
means
that
our
grandchildren
will
continue
to
be
targeted
by
the
tobacco
industry.
Our
young
people
will
replace
their
grandparents
who
are
sick
or
dying
from
the
lifelong
addiction
of
myth
of
tobacco.
You
can
stop
this
deadly
cycle.
This
ordinance
will
make
our
community
healthier
today
tomorrow
and
in
the
future.
Health
is
wealth
and
I.
Consider
thanking
you
for
your
advance
support
of
this
ordinance.
Thank
you.
Thank.
O
A
So
I'm
not
going
to
start
taking
second
times
as
other
people
who
want
to
speak.
Second,
we
can
talk
later
I'll
stay
and
talk
to
you.
No
sorry,
you
can
talk
to
the
clerk
and
I
believe
I
answered
everybody
publicly
that
we
will
not
be
extending
the
public
hearing
I'm
we're
going
to
close
the
public
hearing
right
right
right
now
today.
So
that's!
That's!
That's
what
I
heard
so
the.
A
Just
to
let
folks
know
I'm
closing
the
public
hearing,
but
people
can
contact
their
council
members.
They
can
contact
the
mayor.
They
can
write
to
the
entire
City
Council.
So
all
the
comments
can
still
be
collected.
Til.
There's
a
decision
I'd
like
to
adjourn
this
meeting.
To
can
I
turn
it
to
a
specific
date.
Is
that
what
I
should
do
I'd
like
to
do
it
to
journey
to
nine?
A
A
And
that's
just
what
I'm
going
to
declare
I'm
not
going
to
take
a
vote
on
that,
because
that's
just
what
I
get
to
do
as
chair
the
committee
and
I
really
apologize
to
everybody.
They
came
that
we
lost
quorum.
I
guess
I
should
own
part
of
that
responsibility
that
I
didn't
point
out
to
everybody.
What
a
long
public
hearing
this
was
certain
to
be.
If
you
paid
attention
at
all
and
that
people
should
have
blocked
off
more
of
their
day,
thank
you.