§ 39-17-1513. Department of Agriculture Encouraged to Study Effects of Sale and Distribution of Vapor Products to Persons Under 21
The department of agriculture is urged to study the effects of the sale and distribution of vapor products to persons under twenty-one (21) years of age and is encouraged to make recommendations to the legislature with regard to reducing such sale and distribution.
§ 39-17-1511. Maintenance of Smoking Paraphernalia in Area Inaccessible to Customers
For the purpose of this section: “Counter” means the point of purchase at a retail establishment; “Retail establishment” means a place of business open to the general public for the sale of goods or services; and “Smoking paraphernalia” means: A cigarette holder; A smoking pipe made of metal, wood, acrylic, glass, stone, or plastic with […]
§ 39-17-1512. Liquid Nicotine Containers to Satisfy Federal Child-Resistant Effectiveness Standards
As used in this section, “liquid nicotine container”: Means a bottle or other container that contains liquid nicotine or any other substance containing nicotine, where the liquid or other substance is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a vapor product; and Does not include a liquid or other substance containing nicotine in a cartridge […]
§ 39-17-1501. Short Title
This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act.”
§ 39-17-1502. Purpose and Intent
The purpose of this part is to reduce the access of persons under twenty-one (21) years of age to tobacco products by strengthening existing prohibitions against the sale and distribution of tobacco products and prohibiting the purchase or receipt of tobacco products by such persons, limiting the sale of tobacco products through vending machines, restricting […]
§ 39-17-1503. Part Definitions
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: “Beedies” or “bidis” means a product containing tobacco that is wrapped in temburni leaf (dispyros melanoxylon ) or tendu leaf (diospyros exculpra ), or any other product that is offered to, or purchased by, consumers as beedies or bidis. For purposes of this chapter, beedies […]
§ 39-17-1504. Sale or Distribution to Underage Persons Unlawful — Proof of Age Requirement
It is unlawful for any person to sell or distribute any tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor product to another person who has not attained twenty-one (21) years of age or to purchase a tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor product on behalf of such person under twenty-one (21) years of age. It is unlawful for any […]
§ 39-17-1505. Prohibited Purchases or Possession by Underage Persons — Penalties
It is unlawful for a person who has not attained twenty-one (21) years of age of age to possess either a tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor product, to purchase or accept receipt of either product, or to present or offer to any person any purported proof of age that is false, fraudulent, or not actually […]
§ 39-17-1506. Required Postings
Every person who sells tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products at retail shall post conspicuously and keep so posted at the place of business a sign, no smaller than ninety-three and one-half (93 ½) square inches, to ensure that it is likely to be read at each point of sale, stating the following: STATE LAW […]
§ 39-17-1507. Vending Machine Sales
It is unlawful for any person to sell tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products through a vending machine unless the vending machine is located in any of the following locations: In areas of factories, businesses, offices, or other places that are not open to the public; In places that are open to the public but […]