The Ashland Board of Health under the authority of Chapter 111,
Section 31, and Chapter 40, Section 21D, of the Massachusetts General
Laws, in the interest of protecting public health, hereby adopts these
regulations.
As used within these regulations, the following shall be defined
as below:
ACTIVE CASH REGISTER
Cash register that is physically staffed by an employee of
the establishment and is available to the patrons of the establishment
for the purpose of paying for items being purchased from the establishment.
LOCK-OUT DEVICE
Device which enables an establishment's agent or employee
to directly control the sale of items through tobacco vending machines.
RETAILER OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Any person, business, or organization, which sells any tobacco
product to the public for use other than medicinal purposes, whether
or not the sale of the tobacco product is primary or secondary to
any other business or activity of that person, business, or organization.
TOBACCO PRODUCTS
Any product derived from tobacco with the intended use of
intake within the body through the means of smoking, chewing or sniffing.
Such products include, but are not limited to, cigarettes, cigars,
pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, and snuff.
If any provision of these regulations is declared invalid or
unenforceable, the other provisions shall not be affected thereby,
but shall continue in full force and effect.
These regulations shall be effective as of October 1, 1993.