A.
It shall be unlawful for any person, business or tobacco retailer
to sell tobacco products or provide tobacco products free of charge
to anyone who is less than 18 years of age.
B.
No person, including but not limited to business, tobacco retailer,
or owner, manager or operator of any establishment subject to this
policy, shall sell, offer to sell or permit to be sold any tobacco
product to an individual without requesting and examining identification
establishing the purchaser's age as 18 years or greater.
C.
Any person, including but not limited to business, tobacco retailer
or other establishment subject to this policy, shall post plainly
visible signs at the point of purchase of tobacco products that state:
"The sale of tobacco products to persons under 18 years of age is
prohibited by law. Photo ID is required to purchase tobacco." The
letters of these signs shall be at least 1/4 inch high.
D.
No person, including but not limited to business or tobacco retailer,
shall locate, install, keep, maintain or use, or permit the location,
installation, keeping, maintenance or use on his, her or its premises
any vending machine for the purpose of selling or distributing any
tobacco product.
E.
It shall be unlawful for any person, including but not limited to
business or tobacco retailer, to sell, permit to be sold, offer for
sale or display for sale any tobacco product or tobacco promotional
product by means of self-service merchandising or by means other than
vendor-assisted sales.
F.
It shall be unlawful for any person, including but not limited to
business or tobacco retailer, to sell, permit to be sold, offer for
sale or display for sale any tobacco packages containing fewer than
20 cigarettes or unpackaged individual cigarettes.
G.
It shall be unlawful for any person, business or retailer to sell,
permit to be sold, offer for sale or display for sale candy cigarettes,
bubblegum packaged like chewing tobacco, or any other tobacco-like
candy.
H.
It shall be unlawful for any person, including but not limited to
business or tobacco retailer, to sell, permit to be sold, offer for
sale or display for sale tobacco "blunts" (sweetened cigarette wrappers
composed of fruit and tobacco), and other youth-targeted tobacco products,
including, but not limited to, bidis, cloves or sweet-flavored cigarettes
or chew.
I.
It shall be unlawful for any person, including but not limited to
business or tobacco retailer, to sell or distribute any tobacco product
for free or below the cost of such products to the sellers or distributors
of the products for commercial or promotional purposes, to members
of the general public in public places or at public events.
