It shall be unlawful for any person, including any licensee, to sell, offer for sale, give away or deliver tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to purchase tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products, or to misrepresent his or her identity or age, or to use any false or altered identification for the purpose of purchasing tobacco products.
It shall be unlawful for any person under the age of twenty-one (21) years to possess any tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products; unless the possession by the person under the age of twenty-one (21) years is under the direct supervision of a parent or guardian of such person and is in the privacy of the parent's or guardian's home.
No person under sixteen (16) years of age may sell any tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products at a retail establishment selling tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products. This does not apply to a sales clerk in a family-owned business which can prove that the sales clerk is in fact a son or daughter of the owner.
It shall be unlawful to sell, offer for sale, give away, or display tobacco products, or alternative nicotine products for sale at any location where the consumer can acquire those products through self-service. The licensee will display all products from behind a sales/service counter so that no consumer can access tobacco products, alternative nicotine products without the assistance from an employee of the licensee. This restriction shall not apply to customer self-service from vending machines as described in section 6-3- 49 of this code.
(Ord. 03-13, 4-21-2003; amd. Ord. 17-09, 4-17-2017; Ord. 22-12, 7-18-2022)