2009 Rhode Island Code
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
CHAPTER 11-9 - Children
§ 11-9-13.10 - Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products.
SECTION 11-9-13.10
§ 11-9-13.10 Prohibition on the distribution of free tobacco products. – The distribution of free tobacco products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free tobacco products to any person under eighteen (18) years of age shall be prohibited. Further, the distribution of free tobacco products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free tobacco products shall be prohibited, regardless of the age of the person to whom the products, coupons, or vouchers are distributed, within five hundred (500) feet of any school. The attorney general shall bring an action for any violation of this section. Every separate free tobacco product or coupon or voucher redeemable for a free tobacco product in violation of this section shall constitute a separate offense subject to a fine of five hundred dollars ($500). The penalty shall be assessed against the business or individual responsible for initiating the Rhode Island distribution of the free tobacco products or coupons or vouchers redeemable for free tobacco products.
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