A person, either directly or indirectly by an agent or employee, or by a vending machine owned by the person or located in the person’s establishment, may not sell, offer for sale, give, or furnish any alternative nicotine product, or any cartridge or component of an alternative nicotine product, to a person under 18 years of age. Before selling, offering for sale, giving, or furnishing an alternative nicotine product, or any cartridge or component of an alternative nicotine product, to another person, the person selling, offering for sale, giving, or furnishing the alternative nicotine product shall verify that the person is at least 18 years of age by:
(A) Examining from any person that appears to be under 27 years of age a government-issued photographic identification that establishes the person is at least 18 years of age; or
(B) For sales made through the internet or other remote sales methods, performing an age verification through an independent, third-party age verification service that compares information available from public records to the personal information entered by the person during the ordering process that establishes the person is 18 years of age or older.
(Ord. 9360, passed 11-26-2018) Penalty, see § 134.99