Mission weighs new limits on tobacco sales near schools, churches

Mission’s longtime effort to tackle rules on selling tobacco is making headway. The Mission Planning Commission on Monday voted 7-0 to recommend city council approval of an ordinance that requires new tobacco or e-cigarette retailers to comply with distance restrictions in what the city is calling “buffer zones.” … This comes after years of attempts in Mission to limit minors’ access to tobacco and e-cigarettes. Under the ordinance, new tobacco or e-cigarette business licenses would not be permitted within 1,000 feet of a school, a church, a park or another tobacco or e-cigarette retailer.
Source: Prairie Village Post