As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the meanings
indicated:
PERSON
An individual, partnership, cooperative, association, corporation,
personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee or any other legal entity.
TOBACCO
Any product made from the tobacco plant for the purpose of smoking,
chewing, inhaling and other personal use, including cigars, chewing tobacco,
pipe tobacco, snuff and cigarettes in any form.
TOBACCO RETAILER
Any person or entity that operates a store, stand, booth, concession
or place at which sales of tobacco are made to purchasers for consumption
or use; shall also mean a person or entity that owns, operates or uses a vending
machine and/or a vending machine location.
VENDING MACHINE
Any automated, self-service device which, upon insertion of money,
tokens or any other form of payment, dispenses cigarettes or other tobacco
products.
It shall be unlawful for a tobacco retailer to sell or permit to be
sold tobacco to any individual without requesting and examining identification
from the purchaser positively establishing the purchaser's age as 18 or greater,
unless the seller has some other conclusive basis for determining the buyer
is over the age of 18 years.
All tobacco vending machines made unlawful by the terms of this chapter
shall be removed within 30 days from the effective date of this chapter.