5.16.080 – Signs

  1. Signs informing the public of the age restrictions provided herein provided herein shall be posted by every licensee at or near every display of tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, and electronic cigarettes and on or upon every vending machine which offers tobacco, tobacco products alternative nicotine products, or electronic cigarettes for sale.  Each such sign shall be plainly visible and shall state:

    SALE OF TOBACCO ACCESSORIES, SMOKING HERBS, AND ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS TO PERSONS UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR THE MISREPRESENTATION OF AGE TO PROCURE SUCH A SALE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW

  2. Signs informing the public of the U.S. surgeon general’s health warning shall be posted by every licensee selling cigarettes or alternative nicotine products at or near every display of cigarettes or alternative nicotine products and on or upon every vending machine which offers cigarettes or alternative nicotine products for sale.  Each such sign shall be plainly visible and shall state:

    SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING:  SMOKING BY PREGNANT WOMEN MAY RESULT IN FETAL INJURY, PREMATURE BIRTH, AND LOW BIRTH WEIGHT.

    The above signs shall be posted in a conspicuous place and shall be printed on white cards in red letters at least one-half inch (1/2”) in height.

  3. Locations Restrictions: It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, offer for sale, give away or deliver tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or electronic cigarettes within one hundred feet (100’) of any school, childcare facility or other building used for education or recreational programs for persons under the age of twenty-one (21) years.
  4. Certain Free Distributions Prohibited: 
    It shall be unlawful for any licensee or any person in the business of selling or otherwise distributing, promoting or advertising tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or electronic cigarettes, or any employee or agent of any such licensee or person, in the course of such licensee’s or person’s business to distribute, give away or deliver tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or electronic cigarettes free of charge to any person on any right of way, park, playground or other property owned by the City, or any other public body, school district or unit of local government.
(2020-M-43: § 2; 2019-M-21: § 6)
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