(a) Definitions. For the purpose of this section, the following words shall have the meaning given herein.
(1) “Smoke” means to burn any substance containing tobacco, including a lighted cigarette, cigar or pipe, or to burn a clove cigarette.
(2) “Use tobacco” means to chew or maintain any substance containing tobacco, including smokeless tobacco, in the mouth to derive the effects of tobacco.
(b) No person under the age of eighteen years shall smoke or use tobacco or possess any substance containing tobacco.
(c) No person under the age of eighteen years shall attempt to purchase cigarettes or other tobacco products.
(d) It is an affirmative defense to a prosecution under subsection (b) hereof that the defendant possessed or used the tobacco product in the home of, or under the direct supervision of, his parent or guardian.
(e) Whoever violates this section is guilty of a minor misdemeanor.
(Ord. 32-96. Passed 10-28-96.)