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§ 17-703.1 Sign required.
A retail dealer shall post a sign in a conspicuous place at the point of sale of cigarettes or at the place where cigarettes are displayed or offered for sale stating that cigarettes sold in the city of New York must be in packages bearing valid tax stamps.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2013/097.
§ 17-703.2 Requirements for retail dealers concerning cigarette tax.
   a.   Any package containing cigarettes sold or offered for sale by a retail dealer shall bear a valid tax stamp as required by section 11-1302 of the code. Except as provided in subdivision b of section 11-1305 of the code, any cigarettes possessed or transported in the city by a retail dealer shall be in a package bearing a valid tax stamp.
   b.   No retail dealer shall engage in a sale or purchase prohibited by subdivision e of section 11-1303 or section 20-205 of the code.
   c.   No retail dealer shall sell, offer for sale, possess or transport any affixed or unaffixed false, altered or counterfeit cigarette tax stamp, imprint or impression.
   d.   No retail dealer shall engage in any act to hide or conceal:
      (1)   any cigarettes in unstamped or unlawfully stamped packages;
      (2)   any affixed or unaffixed false, altered or counterfeit cigarette tax stamp, imprint or impression; or
      (3)   any cigarettes that are outside of a package in violation of subdivision a of this section.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2013/097.
§ 17-704 Minimum package sizes.
   a.   No retail dealer shall sell or offer for sale any cigarettes or tobacco products unless such cigarettes or tobacco products are sold in the package, box, carton or other container provided by the manufacturer, importer or packager which bears any such health warning as may be required by federal statute, rule or consent order.
   a-1.   No retail dealer shall sell or offer for sale cigarettes unless the cigarettes are sold in a package of at least twenty cigarettes.
   b.   [Reserved.]
   c.   No retail dealer shall sell or offer for sale a little cigar unless the little cigar is sold in a package of at least twenty little cigars.
   d.   No retail dealer shall sell or offer for sale snus unless it is sold in a package of at least 0.32 ounces, and any other smokeless tobacco unless it is sold in package of at least 1.2 ounces.
   e.   No retail dealer shall sell or offer for sale shisha or non-tobacco shisha unless any such shisha is sold in a package of at least 3.5 ounces.
   f.   No retail dealer shall sell or offer for sale loose tobacco unless the loose tobacco is sold in a package of at least 1.5 ounces.
(Am. L.L. 2017/145, 8/28/2017, eff. 6/1/2018)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2013/097 and L.L. 2017/145.
§ 17-704.1 Prohibition on delivery.
   a.   No retail dealer shall deliver cigarettes or tobacco products by foot, bicycle or any motor vehicle to any location outside its place of business.
   b.   No electronic cigarette retail dealer, as defined in section 20-560, shall deliver electronic cigarettes by foot, bicycle or any motor vehicle to any location outside its place of business.
(L.L. 2017/145, 8/28/2017, eff. 6/1/2018)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 2017/145.
§ 17-705 Age restriction on handling.
It shall be unlawful for a retail dealer to permit an employee or other agent of the retail dealer to sell, dispense or otherwise handle cigarettes or a tobacco product unless such employee or other agent is (1) at least eighteen years of age; or (2) under the direct supervision of the retail dealer or an employee or other agent of the retail dealer who is at least eighteen years of age, and who is present on the premises.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1992/083 and L.L. 2013/097.
§ 17-706 Sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, liquid nicotine, electronic cigarettes, or non-tobacco smoking products to minors and young adults prohibited.
   a.   Any person operating a place of business wherein cigarettes, tobacco products, or liquid nicotine are sold or offered for sale is prohibited from selling such cigarettes, tobacco products, or liquid nicotine to individuals under twenty-one years of age. Sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, or liquid nicotine in such places shall be made only to an individual who demonstrates, through a driver's license or other photographic identification card issued by a government entity or educational institution, that the individual is at least twenty-one years of age. Such identification need not be required of any individual who reasonably appears to be at least thirty years of age, provided, however, that such appearance shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, or liquid nicotine to an individual under twenty-one years of age.
   a-1.   Any person operating a place of business wherein electronic cigarettes are sold or offered for sale is prohibited from selling such electronic cigarettes to individuals under twenty-one years of age. Sales of electronic cigarettes in such places shall be made only to an individual who demonstrates, through a driver's license or other photographic identification card issued by a government entity or educational institution, that the individual is at least twenty-one years of age. Such identification need not be required of any individual who reasonably appears to be at least thirty years of age, provided, however, that such appearance shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale of electronic cigarettes to an individual under twenty-one years of age.
   b.   Any person operating a place of business wherein non-tobacco smoking products are sold or offered for sale is prohibited from selling such non-tobacco smoking products to individuals under twenty-one years of age. Sale of non-tobacco smoking products in such places shall be made only to an individual who demonstrates, through a driver's license or other photographic identification card issued by a government entity or educational institution, that the individual is at least twenty-one years of age. Such identification need not be required of any individual who reasonably appears to be at least thirty years of age, provided, however, that such appearance shall not constitute a defense in any proceeding alleging the sale of non-tobacco smoking products to an individual under twenty-one years of age.
   c.   Any person operating a place of business wherein cigarettes, tobacco products, liquid nicotine, electronic cigarettes, or non-tobacco smoking products are sold or offered for sale shall post in a conspicuous place a sign, in accordance with the rules of the department, advising persons about the minimum age requirements for the purchase of such items.
(Am. L.L. 2017/144, 8/28/2017, eff. 1/25/2018; Am. L.L. 2017/191, 10/16/2017, eff. 4/14/2018)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1992/083, L.L. 2000/002, L.L. 2013/094 and L.L. 2017/144.
§ 17-707 Public health messages required where tobacco advertisements appear on certain properties. [Repealed]
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1992/083 and L.L. 2013/097.
§ 17-708 Use of tobacco products on school premises prohibited.
It shall be unlawful for any person to use a tobacco product, including chewing tobacco, on school premises at any time.
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1992/083.
§ 17-709 Enforcement.
The department of health and mental hygiene and the department of finance shall enforce the provisions of this subchapter. The department of consumer and worker protection shall enforce sections 17-703, 17-703.1, 17-704, 17-704.1, 17-705 and 17-706. In addition, designated enforcement employees of any authorizing agency shall have the power to enforce the provisions of this subchapter.
(Am. L.L. 2017/145, 8/28/2017, eff. 6/1/2018; Am. L.L. 2020/080, 8/28/2020, eff. 8/28/2020)
Editor's note: For related unconsolidated provisions, see Appendix A at L.L. 1992/083, L.L. 2000/002, L.L. 2013/097, L.L. 2017/145 and L.L. 2020/080.
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