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§ 39-17-1604. Places Where Smoking and Use of Vapor Products Is Prohibited

Smoking or the use of vapor products is not permitted, and no person shall smoke or use vapor products, in the following places: Child care centers; provided, that the prohibition of this section does not apply to child care services provided in a private home. Adult staff members may be permitted to smoke or use […]

§ 39-17-1605. “No Smoking” Signs — Posting Notice

“No Smoking” signs, or the international “No Smoking” symbol, which consists of a pictorial representation of a burning cigarette enclosed in a circle with a bar across it, shall be prominently posted and properly maintained on each main building entrance where smoking is regulated by this part. The “No Smoking” signs or “No Smoking” symbols […]

§ 39-17-1606. Penalty — Enforcement

An institution violating this part or failing to take reasonable measures to enforce this part commits a Class B misdemeanor, punishable only by a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500). Any law enforcement officer may issue a citation regarding a violation of this part.

§ 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 […]

§ 39-17-1501. 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 […]