No agency or other political subdivision of the state, including, but not limited to, municipalities, counties or any agency thereof, may adopt any order, ordinance, rule or regulation concerning the sale, purchase, distribution, advertising, sampling, promotion, display, possession, licensing or taxation of tobacco products, nicotine products or vapor products, except as provided in Section 1511 of Title 68 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 1-1521 et seq. of this title and Section 1247 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes. Provided, however, nothing in this section shall preclude or preempt any agency or political subdivision from exercising its lawful authority to regulate zoning or land use or to enforce a fire code regulation regulating smoking or tobacco products to the extent that such regulation is substantially similar to nationally recognized standard fire codes.
Added by Laws 1994, c. 137, § 11, eff. July 1, 1994. Amended by Laws 2014, c. 162, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2014. Renumbered from § 600.10 of Title 37 by Laws 2016, c. 366, § 178, eff. Oct. 1, 2018. Amended by Laws 2021, c. 554, § 10, emerg. eff. May 28, 2021.
NOTE: Laws 2016, c. 366, was conditionally effective upon passage of State Question No. 792, Legislative Referendum No. 370, which was adopted at election held on Nov. 8, 2016.