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Chapter 461
Section 461.18
Recent History
- 2020 461.18 Amended 2020 c 88 s 9
- 2014 461.18 Amended 2014 c 291 art 6 s 29
- 2010 Subd. 1 Amended 2010 c 305 s 10
- 1997 461.18 New 1997 c 227 s 6
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461.18 BAN ON SELF-SERVICE SALE OF PACKS; EXCEPTIONS.
Subdivision 1. Except in adult-only facilities. (a) No person shall offer for sale single
packages of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in open displays which are accessible to the public
without the intervention of a store employee.
(b) Cartons and other multipack units may be offered and sold through open displays
accessible to the public.
(c) Paragraph (b) expires on August 28, 1997.
(d) This subdivision shall not apply to retail stores which derive at least 90 percent of their
revenue from tobacco and tobacco-related products and which cannot be entered at any time by
persons younger than 18 years of age.
Subd. 2. Vending machine sales prohibited. No person shall sell tobacco products from
vending machines. This subdivision does not apply to vending machines in facilities that cannot
be entered at any time by persons younger than 18 years of age.
Subd. 3. Federal regulations for cartons, multipacks. Code of Federal Regulations, title
21, part 897.16(c), is incorporated by reference with respect to cartons and other multipack units.
History: 1997 c 227 s 6
Subdivision 1. Except in adult-only facilities. (a) No person shall offer for sale single
packages of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco in open displays which are accessible to the public
without the intervention of a store employee.
(b) Cartons and other multipack units may be offered and sold through open displays
accessible to the public.
(c) Paragraph (b) expires on August 28, 1997.
(d) This subdivision shall not apply to retail stores which derive at least 90 percent of their
revenue from tobacco and tobacco-related products and which cannot be entered at any time by
persons younger than 18 years of age.
Subd. 2. Vending machine sales prohibited. No person shall sell tobacco products from
vending machines. This subdivision does not apply to vending machines in facilities that cannot
be entered at any time by persons younger than 18 years of age.
Subd. 3. Federal regulations for cartons, multipacks. Code of Federal Regulations, title
21, part 897.16(c), is incorporated by reference with respect to cartons and other multipack units.
History: 1997 c 227 s 6
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