(A) Prohibited sales. It shall be a violation of this chapter for any person to sell or offer to sell any tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco-related device, electronic cigarette, electronic delivery device, or nicotine or lobelia delivery device:
(1) To any person under the age of 21 years.
(2) By means of any type of vending machine.
(3) By means of self-service methods whereby the customer does not need to a make a verbal or written request to an employee of the licensed premise in order to receive the tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco-related device, electronic cigarette, electronic delivery device, or nicotine or lobelia delivery device, and whereby there is not a physical exchange of the tobacco, tobacco product, tobacco-related device, electronic cigarette, electronic delivery device, nicotine or lobelia delivery device between the licensee, or the licensee's employee, and the customer.
(4) By means of loosies.
(5) Containing opium, morphine, jimson weed, bella donna, strychnos, cocaine, marijuana, or other deleterious, hallucinogenic, toxic, or controlled substances except nicotine and other substances found naturally in tobacco or added as part of an otherwise lawful manufacturing process. It is not the intention of this provision to ban the sale of lawfully manufactured cigarettes or other tobacco products.
(6) By any other means, to any other person, or in any other manner or form prohibited by federal, state, or other local law, ordinance provision, or other regulation.
(B) Smoking prohibitions; sampling allowed.
(1) Except as allowed in M.S. § 144.4167, smoking shall be prohibited and no person shall smoke in public places and places of work.
(2) To ensure that tobacco smoke or vapor electronic delivery devices does not enter public places and places of work and that persons entering such places are not exposed involuntarily to smoke or vapor, smoking and the use of electronic delivery devices are prohibited within 25 feet of entrances, exits, open windows, and ventilation intakes of public places and places of work. This prohibition does not apply to entrances and exits used solely in the event of an emergency and appropriately signed for that purpose.
(3) Pursuant to M.S. § 144.4167, Subd. 4, tobacco sampling, including sampling of electronic delivery devices and products used in electronic delivery devices, is allowed in a tobacco products shop.
(C) Lounges. Smoking lounges, hookah lounges, and vapor lounges are prohibited.
(Ord. 2019-2, passed 5-28-2019; Am. Ord. 2020-3, passed 8-10-2020)