(a) No retailer of tobacco products, or product paraphernalia shall give, sell or otherwise distribute cigarettes, other tobacco products, papers used to roll cigarettes, or other product paraphernalia without a valid license issued by the Trumbull County Combined Health District;
(b) Whoever violates this section is guilty of distribution of cigarettes, or other tobacco products, or product paraphernalia without a license, a misdemeanor of the first degree. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this chapter of the Girard City Code, or Section 2927.02 of the Ohio Revised Code, then the retailer shall be denied a license for distribution of cigarettes or other tobacco products or product paraphernalia for a period not to exceed 5 years.
(c) Fines are to be deposited into a "Tobacco Enforcement and Education Fund" to be administered by the Trumbull County Combined Health District, reinvested for enforcement, community education, and compliance efforts towards state and local tobacco product sales and use laws.
(d) The provisions of this chapter are hereby declared to be severable, and if any part of this chapter is held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be unconstitutional or otherwise invalid, such a ruling shall not affect the other parts of this section that can be given effect.
(e) The Trumbull County Combined Health District is hereby authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purpose and intent of this section in order to protect the public health, safety and welfare. (Ord. 8242-19. Passed 9-9-19.)