As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE
An electronic device that can be used to deliver nicotine
or other substances to the person inhaling from the device, including,
but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, or
pipe.
[Added 5-14-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-09]
PERSON, FIRM, CORPORATION, OR ASSOCIATION
As used herein, shall include the following: any person,
firm, corporation or association in whose place of business or employment
tobacco products are offered for sale, directly or by machine.
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Any product made from the tobacco plant or containing tobacco
leaf, for the purpose of smoking, chewing, inhaling or other personal
use, including but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco,
chewing tobacco, snuff, and dipping tobacco.
TOBACCO VENDING MACHINE
Any mechanical, electrical or electronic self-service device
which, upon insertion of money, tokens or any other form of payment,
dispenses tobacco or tobacco products, either exclusively or as one
kind of available item.
[Amended 5-14-2019 by Ord. No. 2019-09]
It shall be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation
or association in the Borough of Haddonfield:
A. To sell or permit to be sold, or offer to sell any
tobacco product or electronic smoking device to any individual without
requesting and examining identification from the purchaser positively
establishing the purchaser's age as 21 years of age or greater, unless
the seller has some other conclusive basis for determining the buyer
is over the age of 21 years; or
B. To sell or permit to be sold any tobacco product to
a person under 21 years of age.
In view of the indiscriminate sales of tobacco
products to minors by automatic vending machines, all tobacco vending
machines are hereby prohibited in the Borough of Haddonfield. It shall
be unlawful for any person, firm, corporation or association to possess
a tobacco vending machine or to sell or offer to sell any tobacco
product through a tobacco vending machine in the Borough of Haddonfield.
The Municipal Police Department or any citizen
may enforce this chapter by filing a complaint in Municipal Court,
provided that no citizen may file a complaint prior to 120 days after
the date this chapter takes effect.
Any person, firm, corporation or association owning, operating, renting or permitting the use of or operation of a tobacco vending machine on premises under his or her ownership, control or management or otherwise violating any provision of this chapter shall be punishable as provided in Chapter
1, General Provisions, §
1-14. Each day on which such a machine is owned, operated, rented or permitted on the premises shall be deemed a separate violation and shall result in an additional fine.