Section 407.927

Title XXVI TRADE AND COMMERCE

Chapter 407

Effective - 28 Aug 2001, 2 histories, see footnote   (history) 

  407.927.  Required sign stating violation of state law to sell tobacco to minors under age 18 — display of sign required on tobacco displays and vending machines. — The owner of an establishment at which tobacco products or rolling papers are sold at retail or through vending machines shall cause to be prominently displayed in a conspicuous place at every display from which tobacco products are sold and on every vending machine where tobacco products are purchased a sign that shall:

  (1) Contain in red lettering at least one-half inch high on a white background the following: "It is a violation of state law for cigarettes or other tobacco products to be sold or otherwise provided to any person under the age of eighteen or for such person to purchase, attempt to purchase or possess cigarettes or other tobacco products."; and

  (2) Include a depiction of a pack of cigarettes at least two inches high defaced by a red diagonal diameter of a surrounding red circle, and the words "Under 18".

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(L. 1992 S.B. 509, et al. § 9, A.L. 2001 H.B. 381)