2022 Rhode Island General Laws
Title 11 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 11-9 - Children
Section 11-9-13.8. - Prohibitions applicable to license holders and their employees and agents.
§ 11-9-13.8. Prohibitions applicable to license holders and their employees and agents.
A person holding a license issued under chapter 20 of title 44 and/or § 23-1-56, or an employee or agent of that person, is prohibited from selling, distributing, or delivering a tobacco product, including an electronic nicotine-delivery system product:
(1) To any individual who is under twenty-one (21) years of age; or
(2) In any form other than an original, factory-wrapped package as sealed and certified by the manufacturer; or
(3) As a single-cigarette sale (§ 44-20-31) or as a sale of cigarettes by the individual piece known as “loosies.”
History of Section.
P.L. 1996, ch. 321, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 182, § 1; P.L. 2014, ch. 223, § 1; P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 1, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 1, effective July 7, 2021.
