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Edgewater, CO – [Concluded-Passed] Stop a Flavor Ban!

current status

Ordinance
Introduced

Public
Hearing

Council
Vote

Signed by
Mayor

08/03/21 – Council Votes 6-0 to approve the flavor ban.

07/20/21 – Public Hearing

The Edgewater City Council approved by unanimous vote (6-0) an ordinance to ban the sale of flavored nicotine and tobacco products–including menthol.

The flavor ban takes effect on November 1, 2021.

While the new ordinance will step up enforcement with more compliance checks and wisely eliminate criminalising purchase, use, possession by minors, banning flavored products that are safer alternatives to smoking for millions of people is a step too far.

  • State that you are opposed to the flavor ban in Ordinance 2021-13 and any other legislation that would ban safer alternatives to smoking.
  • Share your experience with switching to smoke-free alternatives, like vaping, and any changes to your health since you quit smoking.
  • Remind council members that recent research shows that a flavor ban in San Francisco led to an increase in smoking among young people. (Here’s the study by Abigail Friedman, from Yale.)
  • Discuss what role, if any, flavors have in helping you live smoke-free. Sharing which flavor finally convinced you to ditch cigarettes is a good place to start.
  • Be brief, be kind, and say Thank You!  🙂

Agenda - 07/20/21
(see item 11)

This engagement is concluded

Residents can still contact Edgewater City Council Members to express concerns and objections to the flavor ban:

 

Phone

Email

Mayor Laura Keegan

303-883-5123

LKeegan@EdgewaterCO.com

Councilor Steve Conklin

(Mayor Pro-Tem)

303-202-1505

SConklin@EdgewaterCO.com

Councilor Caleb Rountree

501-650-2747

CRountree@EdgewaterCO.com

Councilor Casey Earp

720-846-4375

CEarp@EdgewaterCO.com

Councilor Cory Reid-Vanas

720-252-3045

CReid-Vanas@EdgewaterCO.com

Councilor Hannah Gay Keao

(970) 515-3842

HGayKeao@EdgewaterCO.com

Councilor John Beltrone

720-634-6077

JBeltrone@EdgewaterCO.com

Councilor Micha Rosenoer

828-577-3541

MRosenoer@EdgewaterCO.com

Comma delimited email list:

LKeegan@EdgewaterCO.com, SConklin@EdgewaterCO.com, CRountree@EdgewaterCO.com, CEarp@EdgewaterCO.com, CReid-Vanas@EdgewaterCO.com, HGayKeao@EdgewaterCO.com, JBeltrone@EdgewaterCO.com, MRosenoer@EdgewaterCO.com