2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 14:91.6 — Unlawful distribution of sample tobacco products to persons under age eighteen; penalty

§91.6.  Unlawful distribution of sample tobacco products to persons under age eighteen; penalty

A.  No person shall distribute or cause to be distributed to persons under eighteen years of age a promotional sample of any tobacco product.

B.  For purposes of this Section, the following definitions apply:

(1)  "Tobacco product" means any cigar, cigarette, smokeless tobacco, or smoking tobacco.  

(2)  "Cigar" means any roll of tobacco for smoking, irrespective of size or shape, and irrespective of the tobacco being flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredients, where such roll has a wrapper made chiefly of tobacco.  

(3)  "Cigarette" means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size or shape and irrespective of the tobacco being flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, where such roll has a wrapper or cover made of paper, or any other material, except where such wrapper is wholly or in greater part made of tobacco.  

(4)  "Smokeless tobacco" means any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity.  

(5)  "Smoking tobacco" means granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and any other kind and form of tobacco prepared in such manner as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette.  

C.  Whoever violates a provision of this Section shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars upon conviction.  

Acts 1988, No. 709, §1.