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U . ORDINANCE #177 An ordinance relating to the sale, possession, and use of tobacco, tobacco products , and tobacco related devices in the city and to reduce the illegal sale , possession, and use of such items to and by minors . The City Council of the City of Pequot Lakes Ordains : Section 100. Purpose. Because the city recognizes that many persons under the age of 18 years purchase or otherwise obtain, possess , and use tobacco, tobacco products and tobacco related devises, and such sales , possession, and use are violations of both State and Federal laws; and because studies, which the city hereby accepts and adopts, have shown that most smokers begin smoking before they have reached the age of 18 years and those persons who reach the age of 18 years without having stated smoking are significantly less likely to begin smoking; and because smoking has been shown to be the cause of several serious health problems which subsequently place a financial burden on all levels of government; this ordinance shall be intended to regulate the sale , possession, and use of tobacco, tobacco products , and tobacco related devices for the purpose of enforcing and furthering existing laws , to protect minors against the serious effects associated with the illegal use of tobacco, tobacco products, and tobacco related devices, and to further the official public policy of the State of Minnesota in regard to preventing young people from starting to smoke as stated in Minn. Stat . 144 . 391 Section 200. Definitions and Interpretations . Except as may otherwise be provided or clearly implied by context, all terms shall be given their commonly accepted definitions . The singular shall include the plural and the plural shall include the singular . The masculine shall include the feminine and neuter , and vice-versa. The term "shall" means mandatory and the term "may" means permissive . The following terms shall have the definitions given to them: Subd. 1 Tobacco or Tobacco Products . "Tobacco" or Tobacco products" shall mean any substance or item containing tobacco leaf , including but not limited to, cigarettes; cigars; pipe tobacco; snuff; fine cut or other chewing tobacco; cheroots; stogies; perique; granulated, plug cut , crimp cut, ready-rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff flowers; cavendish; shorts; plug and twist tobaccos; dipping tobaccos; refuse scraps , clippings , cuttings , and sweepings of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco leaf prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing, sniffing, or smoking. Subd. 2 Tobacco Related Devices . "Tobacco related devices" shall mean any tobacco products as well as a pipe , rolling papers , or other device intentionally designed or intended to be used in a manner which enables the chewing, sniffing, or smoking of tobacco or tobacco products . page 1