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What does the ordinance say about minors?

Thursday, 11 June 2009 09:28

Several Sections of the Ordinance have been allotted to protect minors, defined as those below eighteen (18) years old.

Section 10. VENDING MACHINES, SELF-SERVICE FACILITIES-Unless the vending machine has a mechanism for age verification, the sale or distribution of tobacco products to minors by means of a vending machine or any elf-service facility or similar contraption or device is prohibited, except at point-of-sale establishments.

Section 12. MINIMUM AGE SALES – under this Ordinance, it shall be unlawful:

For any retailer of tobacco products to sell or distribute tobacco products to any minor;
For any person to purchase cigarettes or tobacco products from a minor;
For a minor to sell or buy cigarettes or any tobacco products;
For a minor to smoke cigarettes or any other tobacco products;
For any person to send a minor on an errand to buy cigarettes or any tobacco products; and
For any person who employs a minor to act as a vendor or seller of cigarettes or any tobacco products.

Section 13. SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS WITHIN SCHOOL PERIMETERS The sale or distribution of tobacco products is prohibited within one hundred (100) meters from any point of the perimeter of a school, public playground or other facility frequented particularly by minors.

Section 16. RESTRICTION ON SAMPLING – The distribution of samples of tobacco products to persons below eighteen (18) years old is prohibited.

Section 35. INSTRUCTION ON THE HAZARDOUS EFFECT OF SMOKING AS PART OF SCHOOL CURRICULA – Instruction on the adverse effects of cigarette/tobacco smoking, including their health, environmental and economic implications, shall be integrated into the existing curricula of all public and private elementary and high schools.

Last Updated on Saturday, 20 June 2009 03:41

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