630.08 POSSESSION AND USE BY MINORS OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS PROHIBITED.

   (a)   No person shall give, sell, transfer or otherwise distribute cigarettes or other tobacco products to any person under the age of eighteen years.

   (b)   No person under the age of eighteen years shall possess, smoke or use cigarettes, tobacco products, or any substance containing tobacco.

   (c)   No person under the age of eighteen years shall order, pay for, purchase, share the cost of or attempt to purchase cigarettes or other tobacco products.

   (d)   No person under the age of eighteen years shall knowingly show or give false information concerning his or her name, age or other identification for the purpose of purchasing or otherwise obtaining cigarettes or other tobacco products in any place in the City where cigarettes or other tobacco products are sold.

   (e)   No person shall knowingly furnish any false information as to the name, age or other identification of any person under eighteen years of age for the purpose of obtaining, or with the intent to obtain, cigarettes or other tobacco products for a person under eighteen years of age, by purchase or as a gift.

   (f)   Whoever violates this section is guilty of underage tobacco prohibition, a minor misdemeanor. If the offender previously has been convicted of a violation of this section, they shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (Ord. 1998-24. Passed 6-9-98.)