2010 Pennsylvania Code
Title 18 - CRIMES AND OFFENSES
Chapter 73 - Trade and Commerce
7303 - Sale or illegal use of certain solvents and noxious substances.

     § 7303.  Sale or illegal use of certain solvents and noxious
                substances.
        (a)  Offense defined.--No person shall, for the purpose of
     causing a condition of intoxication, inebriation, excitement,
     stupefaction, or the dulling of his brain or nervous system,
     intentionally smell or inhale the fumes from any noxious
     substance or substance containing a solvent having the property
     of releasing toxic vapors or fumes.
        (b)  Exception.--Subsection (a) of this section shall not
     apply to the inhalation of any anesthesia for medical or dental
     purposes.
        (c)  Possession prohibited.--No person shall, for the purpose
     of violating subsection (a) of this section, use, or possess for
     the purpose of so using, any noxious substance or substance
     containing a solvent having the property of releasing toxic
     vapors or fumes.
        (d)  Sale prohibited.--No person shall sell at retail, or
     offer to sell, to any other person any tube or other container
     of any noxious substance or substance containing a solvent
     having the property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes, if he
     has reasonable cause to suspect that the product sold, or
     offered for sale, will be used for the purpose set forth in
     subsection (a) of this section.
        (e)  Grading.--Any person who violates any provision of this
     section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor of the third degree.
        (f)  Definition.--As used in this section, the phrase "any
     noxious substance or substance containing a solvent having the
     property of releasing toxic vapors or fumes" shall mean any
     substance containing one or more of the following chemical
     compounds: acetone, acetate, benzene, butyl alcohol, cyclohexyl
     nitrite, ethyl alcohol, ethylene dichloride, gaseous or liquid
     fluorocarbons, isopropyl alcohol, methyl alcohol, methyl ethyl
     ketone, nitrous oxide, pentachlorophenol, petroleum ether, or
     toluene.
     (Dec. 19, 1997, P.L.615, No.62, eff. imd.; Dec. 20, 2000,
     P.L.831, No.116, eff. 60 days)

        Cross References.  Section 7303 is referred to in section
     5502 of Title 30 (Fish); section 3802 of Title 75 (Vehicles).