The purposes of this chapter are to reduce minors’ access and exposure to tobacco products and to discourage violations of tobacco-related laws that prohibit or discourage the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors and that prohibit the display of tobacco products within reach of the public, but not to expand or reduce the degree to which the acts regulated by federal or state law are criminally proscribed or to alter the penalty provided therefore.

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to grant any person obtaining and maintaining a tobacco retailer’s license any status or right other than the right to act as a tobacco retailer at the location in the City identified on the face of the permit, subject to compliance with all other applicable laws and ordinances. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to render inapplicable, supersede, or apply in lieu of any other provision of applicable law, including, without limitation, any condition or limitation on indoor smoking made applicable to business establishments by California Labor Code Section 6404.5. (Ord. 7441-NS § 2, 2015: Ord. 6720-NS § 2, 2002)