(a) No person under 21 years of age shall knowingly obtain, possess, purchase or use cigarettes, cigars or tobacco.
(b) Possession of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco by a person under 21 years of age in any public place or in any motor vehicle upon public streets shall be considered prima facie evidence that such cigarettes, cigars or tobacco have been illegally purchased or otherwise obtained.
(c) Whoever violates any of the provisions of this section is guilty of illegal possession of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco, a minor misdemeanor. If the offender has previously been convicted of a violation of this section, then illegal possession of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco is a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.
(Ord. 1996-188, passed 9-16-1996; Ord. 2020-210, passed 12-21-2020)