438.315 Sales of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products
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to or purchases by persons under age 21 from vending machine prohibited --
Location of vending machine -- Penalty -- Issuance of uniform citation.
(1)The sale of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products
dispensed through a vending machine is prohibited to any person under the age of
twenty-one
(21)years.
(2)The purchase of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products
dispensed through a vending machine is prohibited to any person under the age of
twenty-one
(21)years.
(3)Except for vending machines located in factories or vending machines located in
bars or taverns to which minors are not permitted access, any vending machine from
which tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products are
dispensed shall be located in the line of sight of the cashier for the retail
establishment.
(4)Any owner of a retail establishment violating this section shall be subject to a fine
of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars
($500) for each violation. The fine shall be administered by the Department of
Alcoholic Beverage Control using a civil enforcement procedure for persons
eighteen
(18)years of age or older.
(5)All peace officers with general law enforcement authority and employees of the
Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control may issue a uniform citation, but may
not make an arrest, or take a child into custody, for a violation of this section.