Laserfiche WebLink
10/5/2016 Faribault City Council to discuss hookah sampling's future I Archives I southernminn.com <br />New Hefty® Save $1 Now <br />Hefty's Best Trash Bag Ever With Arm & Hammer" <br />Odor Neutralizer Go to hefty. com Arm& Ha mme rBags <br />http://www.southernminn.com/faribault_daily_news/archives/article_a4dd2d4a-dc49-5f30-92d 1-e0032aa5e32f.html <br />Faribault City Council to discuss hookah sampling's future <br />Mar 20, 2012 <br />If <br />ROCKET <br />0 MORTGAGE' <br />ihyQulcken .vans <br />9 <br />In late January, Faribault's councilors passed a temporary ban on tobacco sampling in Faribault to give staff and city leaders time to <br />study the trend. And Tuesday night (tonight) city leaders are slated to have their first policy discussion regarding tobacco sampling. <br />Below, a rundown of what you need to know about tobacco sampling and why it is an issue city staff are tackling: <br />• What is it? Tobacco sampling uses a sort of loophole in the Minnesota Clean Indoor Air Act which prohibited smoking in many indoor <br />places statewide - even though the Freedom to Breathe Act, added in 2007, expanded those restrictions. A section of state law allows <br />"(T)he lighting of tobacco in a tobacco products shop" as long as: <br />— It's a retail location with a door opening directly outside <br />— It pulls more than 90 percent of its revenue from sale of tobacco <br />http://www.southernminn. com/faribault daily_news/archives/article a4dd2d4a-dc49-5f30-92d1-e0032aa5e32f.html 1/4 <br />