ORDINANCE APRIL 8, 2019 PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO O-19-037
§ 304-2. Purchase, sale, and distribution of tobacco products and e-cigarettes.
A. No person under the age of twenty-one (21) who was born after June 30,
2001 shall purchase a tobacco product, e-cigarette, or liquid nicotine.
B. No person or business shall sell, distribute, provide, or give a tobacco
product, e-cigarette, or liquid nicotine to a person under the age of twenty-
one (21) who was born after June 30, 2001.
C. For the purposes of this Article, the terms “tobacco product”, “E-cigarette”’,
and “liquid nicotine” shall include any product or device as defined in this
Article, and as defined in New Hampshire Revised Statutes Annotated
Chapter 126-K “Youth Access To and Use of Tobacco Products” as may be
amended from time to time.
D. Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be subject to a fine
of up to fifty dollars ($50.00) for a first offense, and up to one hundred
dollars ($100.00) for a second or subsequent offense.
E. Any person violating the provisions of this section who is under the age of 21 may
be required to participate in an education program regarding tobacco products, e-
cigarettes, or liquid nicotine: a program for the cessation of the use of tobacco
products, e-cigarettes, or liquid nicotine; or the completion of community service as
an alternative to the fines provided by Paragraph D.
F. Paragraph B shall not apply to mail order, phone, or internet sales providing
for delivery to purchasers in jurisdictions where such sales are legal.”
All ordinances or parts of ordinances inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.
This legislation shall take effect on July 1, 2019.
