Section 126-K:4 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products, E-cigarettes, or E-Liquid to Persons Who Have Not Attained 21 Years of Age ProhibitedI. No person shall sell, give, or furnish or cause or allow or procure to be sold, given, or furnished tobacco products, e-cigarettes, e-liquid, or alternative nicotine products to a person who has not attained 21 years of age. The prohibition established by this paragraph shall not be deemed to prohibit persons who have not attained 21 years of age employed by any manufacturer, wholesaler, sub-jobber, vending machine operator, sampler, or retailer from performing the necessary handling of tobacco products, e-cigarettes, or e-liquid during the duration of their employment.II. Violations of this section shall be civil infractions punishable by administrative action of the commission against the licensee pursuant to rules adopted by the commission under RSA 541-A. III. In addition to the civil penalty described in paragraph II, a person who violates this section shall be guilty of a violation for a first offense and a misdemeanor for each subsequent offense.Amended by 2024, 141:3, eff. 1/1/2025.Amended by 2020 , 37: 110, eff. 7/29/2020.Amended by 2019 , 346: 100, eff. 1/1/2020.Amended by 2019 , 259: 4, eff. 7/1/2019.1997, 338:8. 2000, 303:1. 2001, 280 : 1 . 2010, 113 : 5 , eff. July 31, 2010. 2019, 259 : 4 , eff. July 1, 2019; 346:100, eff. Jan. 1, 2020. 2020, 37 : 110 , eff. July 29, 2020.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.