A. Any person who shall furnish to any person under the age of twenty-one (21) by gift, sale or otherwise any cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, bidis, snuff, chewing tobacco, or any other form of tobacco product, or vapor products shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by a fine in the amount of not less than Twenty-five Dollars ($25.00) nor more than Two Hundred Dollars ($200.00) and by imprisonment in the county jail for a term of not less than ten (10) days nor more than ninety (90) days for each offense. For the purposes of this section, the term “vapor product” shall have the same meaning as provided in the Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco Act.
B. The provisions of subsection A of this section shall not apply to persons performing activities as part of a scientific study being conducted by a research institution for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in cigarette and tobacco use prevention and cessation and tobacco product regulation, provided that such medical research has been approved by a properly accredited institutional review board pursuant to applicable federal regulations.
Added by Laws 1915, c. 190, § 1. Amended by Laws 1917, c. 148, p. 238, § 1; Laws 1985, c. 54, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1985; Laws 2002, c. 76, § 1, emerg. eff. April 15, 2002; Laws 2014, c. 162, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2014; Laws 2020, c. 70, § 2, emerg. eff. May 19, 2020; Laws 2021, c. 176, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.