Unless otherwise provided, the following acts shall be unlawful.
(A) Illegal purchase or procurement for underage person. It shall be unlawful for any person to purchase or otherwise obtain for or provide to any person under the age of 21 any tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related device. It shall further be unlawful for any person to coerce or attempt to coerce a person under the age of 21 to illegally purchase or otherwise obtain or use any tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related device. This division shall not apply to persons under the age of 21 lawfully involved in a compliance check.
(B) Use of false identification. It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of 21 to attempt to disguise his or her true age by the use of a false form of identification, whether the identification is that of another person or one on which the age of the person has been modified or tampered with to represent an age older than the actual age of the person.
(C) Illegal sale to underage person. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, obtain for or otherwise provide to any person under the age of 21 tobacco or a product containing or delivering nicotine or lobelia intended for human consumption, or any part of such product, that is not tobacco as defined in this chapter. This section shall not apply to a parent or legal guardian of a person under the age of 21 who obtained or provided to the person under the age of 21 such product if the product has been approved or otherwise certified for legal sale by the United States Food and Drug Administration for tobacco use cessation, harm reduction or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for the approved purpose.
(D) Child resistant packaging required. It is unlawful for a licensee hereunder to sell or offer to sell any liquid, whether or not such liquid contains nicotine, which is intended for human consumption and use in an electronic delivery device, that is not contained in "child-resistant packaging" as the term is defined and as is required in M.S. § 461.20.
(Ord. 657, passed 6-10-99; Am. Ord. 903, passed 9-23-10; Am. Ord. 983, passed 2-12-15; Am. Ord. 1077, passed 8-13-20; Am. Ord. 1088, passed 6-10-21)
Penalty, see § 115.99