RSB/1/22
Sponsored by Joshua Ellsworth, Oliver Moore, Alex Dermody of McCallie School
This legislation was filed in the Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act, unless the context requires otherwise, shall be defined as follows: |
| 4 | A) Nicotine: A toxic colorless or yellowish oily liquid that is the chief active constituent of tobacco. |
| 5 | It acts as a stimulant in small doses, but in larger amounts blocks the action of autonomic nerve |
| 6 | and skeletal muscle cells. |
| 7 | B) Tobacco: A plant with leaves that have high levels of the addictive chemical nicotine. Cured |
| 8 | tobacco leaves and the products made from them contain many cancer-causing chemicals, and |
| 9 | tobacco use and exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke have been strongly linked to many types |
| 10 | of cancer and other diseases. |
| 11 | C) Flavored Nicotine Products: Any “Flavored Nicotine Product” means any nicotine product that |
| 12 | imparts a taste or smell, other than the taste or smell of tobacco or unflavored nicotine, that is |
| 13 | distinguishable by an ordinary consumer either prior to, or during the consumption of, a tobacco |
| 14 | product, including, but not limited to, any taste or smell relating to fruit, menthol, mint, |
| 15 | wintergreen, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, honey, molasses, or any candy, dessert, alcoholic |
| 16 | beverage, herb, or spices. |
| 17 | D) Local Police: Police operating within the same county of any reported sale of flavored nicotine. |
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| 19 | Section 2: A statewide ordinance will be put in effect which bans the sale of flavored nicotine by |
| 20 | any vendor licensed to sell nicotine products. |
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| 22 | Section 3: Any group or persons can send an appeal to local police to report the sale of flavored |
| 23 | nicotine. |
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| 25 | Section 4: If a vendor is reported or discovered selling flavored nicotine products, they will be |
| 26 | fined a minimum fine of $5000. |
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| 28 | Section 5: This addition of this law will cost $0, thereby having no financial impact on the state. |
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| 30 | Section 6: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 32 | Section 7: This act shall take effect immediately upon being made into law. |
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