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2020 Tennessee Code
Title 39 - Criminal Offenses
Chapter 17 - Offenses Against Public Health, Safety and Welfare
Part 15 - Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco, Smoking Hemp, and Vapor Products Act
§ 39-17-1506. Required Postings. [Effective on January 1, 2021. See Version Effective Until January 1, 2021.]
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TN Code § 39-17-1506 (2020)
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- Every person who sells tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products at retail shall post conspicuously and keep so posted at the place of business a sign, no smaller than ninety-three and one-half (93 ½) square inches, to ensure that it is likely to be read at each point of sale, stating the following:
STATE LAW STRICTLY PROHIBITS THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, VAPOR PRODUCTS, OR SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS
PROOF OF AGE MAY BE REQUIRED
- Unless another notice is required by federal law, the notice required by this section and the notice required by § 39-15-411 shall be the only notice regarding tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products required to be posted or maintained in any store that sells tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products at retail.
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