[Ord. No. 3035-19, 5-20-2019]
As used in this Article, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:
ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS
Any non-combustible product containing nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, absorbed, dissolved, or ingested by any other means. Alternative nicotine product does not include drugs, devices, or combination products authorized for sale as a cessation product by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
DISTRIBUTION
To sell, or attempt to do so, whether gratuitously or for any type of compensation.
DISTRIBUTOR
A person who sells a tobacco product.
ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICE
Any device that can be used to deliver aerosolized or vaporized nicotine or any other substance to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an e-cigarette, e-cigar, e-pipe, vape pen or e-hookah." Electronic smoking device" includes any component, part, or accessory of such a device, whether or not sold separately, and includes any substance intended to be aerosolized or vaporized during the use of the device. Electronic smoking device does not include drugs, devices, or combination products authorized for sale as a cessation device by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
PERSON
Any natural person, partnership, joint venture, society, club, trustee, trust, association, organization, or corporation, or any officer, agent, employee, factor, or any other personal representative thereof, in any capacity.
PROOF OF AGE
A driver's license or other government issued means of identification that contains a picture and the age of the individual and appears on its face to be valid.
RECIPIENT
Any person who obtains or attempts to obtain a tobacco product.
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Any product that is made from or derived from tobacco, and is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, a cigarette, a cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, snus, or an electronic smoking device. The term includes any component or accessory used in the consumption of a tobacco product, such as filters, rolling papers, pipes, or liquids used in electronic smoking devices. Tobacco product does not include drugs, devices, or combination products authorized for sale by the United States Food and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act.
VAPOR PRODUCT
Any non-combustible product that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical of mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce vapor from a solution or other form that may or may not contain nicotine. Vapor product includes an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or similar product or device and any vapor cartridge or container of nicotine in a solution or other form that is intended to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or similar product or device. "Vapor product" does not include any alternative nicotine product or tobacco product.
[Ord. No. 3035-19, 5-20-2019]
It shall be unlawful for any distributor to give, sell or otherwise distribute any tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor product to a person under the age of twenty-one (21).
[Ord. No. 3035-19, 5-20-2019]
It shall be unlawful for any distributor to give, sell or otherwise distribute any tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor product to any person without first verifying, via a photo identification such as a driver's license, that the person is twenty-one (21) years of age or older. No such verification is required for a person over the age of thirty (30). That a recipient appeared to be thirty (30) years of age or older shall not constitute a defense to a violation of this Section.
[Ord. No. 3035-19, 5-20-2019]
It shall be unlawful for any distributor to give, sell or otherwise distribute any tobacco, alternative nicotine, or vapor product in any place that does not have posted in a conspicuous place a sign stating that giving, selling, or otherwise distributing cigarettes, cigarette wrappers, tobacco, alternative nicotine products, vapor products or any other tobacco products to a person under twenty-one (21) years of age is prohibited by law.
[Ord. No. 3035-19, 5-20-2019]
A. 
It shall be unlawful for a retailer to sell tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products unless it is a direct, face-to-face exchange between the retailer and the consumer.
B. 
Self-service displays, mail-order sales and other impersonal modes of sales are prohibited.
[Ord. No. 3035-19, 5-20-2019]
The City of Smithville or its authorized designee may conduct random, unannounced inspections at locations where tobacco products are sold to test and ensure compliance with this Article.
[Ord. No. 3035-19, 5-20-2019]
In General. Any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, association, joint stock company, corporation, unincorporated business entity, or any other group or combination acting as a unit that owns or operates any location where tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products are sold who directly violates, or whose agent or employee violates this Article, shall be subject to a fine of no less than one hundred dollars ($100.00) for the first offense, no less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250.00) for the second offense, and no less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) for each offense thereafter. Each violation, and every day in which a violation occurs, shall constitute a separate violation.
[Ord. No. 3035-19, 5-20-2019]
A. 
The penalties in this Article do not apply to a person younger than twenty-one (21) years old who purchases or attempts to purchase tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products while under the direct supervision of City of Smithville staff for training, education, research, or enforcement purposes.
B. 
Nothing in this Article prohibits an underage person from handling tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products in the course of lawful employment.
C. 
It shall be an affirmative defense to a violation of this Article for a person to have reasonably relied on proof of age as described by State law.
D. 
This Article shall be liberally construed so as to further its purposes. The provisions of this Section are hereby declared severable, and if any provision, clause, sentence, or paragraph of this Section or the application thereof to any person or circumstances held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such a ruling shall not affect the other parts of this Section that can be given effect.
E. 
If any provision of this Article, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect any other provision of this Article that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application. Each invalid provision or application of this Article is severable.