Malibu passes "Tobacco Retailers Registration Ordinance"

As of November 14th, Malibu has passed what is called the "Tobacco Retailers Registration Ordinance" which will entail three string operations a year in order to decrease the sale of tobacco to minors.  Evidently this has been a problem in Malibu, with a guardian to a Malibu High School student being quoted as saying that Malibu is "a pretty easy place to buy cigarettes."  To avoid further branding of the city as such, the three string operations will be enacted upon every registered tobacco vendor with what is called a "youth decoy" who will attempt to purchase tobacco.  If supposed vendor were to allow the sale of tobacco to the decoy, their tobacco license would be suspended for a minimum of three months.