Section 16-3A-01 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Owner” means the person that owns or operates an establishment in which a vending machine is located. (c) (1) “Tobacco product” means any product that is: (i) intended for human inhalation, absorption, ingestion, smoking, heating, chewing, dissolving, or any other manner of consumption that is made of, derived […]
Section 16-3A-02 – Vending Machines
A person may not sell or dispense or offer to sell or dispense a tobacco product through a vending machine in the State, unless the vending machine is located in an establishment that individuals under the age of 21 years are prohibited by law from entering at any time.
Section 16-3A-03 – Violations; Penalties
A person who violates this subtitle is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding $100.
Section 16-3B-01 – Violating Regulation of Executive Director
(a) A person may not violate a regulation adopted by the Executive Director that applies to a person who sells cigarettes at retail. (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, is subject to a fine of $100.
Section 16-401 – Legislative Findings and Purpose
(a) Cigarette smoking presents serious public health concerns to the State and to the citizens of the State. The United States Surgeon General has determined that smoking causes lung cancer, heart disease, and other serious diseases, and that there are hundreds of thousands of tobacco–related deaths in the United States each year. These diseases most often […]
Section 16-402 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) “Adjusted for inflation” means increased in accordance with the formula for inflation adjustment set forth in Exhibit C to the Master Settlement Agreement. (c) (1) “Affiliate” means a person who directly or indirectly owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under common ownership or […]
Section 16-303 – Issuance of License
The clerk shall issue a county license to each applicant who meets the requirements of this subtitle.
Section 16-403 – General Consideration
(a) Any tobacco product manufacturer that sells cigarettes to consumers within the State, whether directly or through a distributor, retailer, or similar intermediary or intermediaries, after June 1, 1999, shall either: (1) become a participating manufacturer, as that term is defined in section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement, and generally perform its financial obligations under the […]
Section 16-304 – Term of License
A county license expires on the first anniversary of its effective date.
Section 16-501 – Definitions
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated. (b) (1) “Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trademark, regardless of whether the cigarettes are differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors such as “menthol”, “lights”, “kings”, “100s”, or other differentiation. (2) “Brand family” includes any use of a […]