California Business and Professions Code

§ 22952

BPC § 22952 Effective Jun 9, 2016Div. 8.5

Statute text

The State Department of Public Health shall do all of the following:

(a)Establish and develop a program to reduce the availability of tobacco products to persons under 21 years of age through the enforcement activities authorized by this division.

(b)Establish requirements that retailers of tobacco products post conspicuously, at each point of purchase, a notice stating that selling tobacco products to anyone under 21 years of age is illegal and subject to penalties. The notice shall also state that the law requires that all persons selling tobacco products check the identification of a purchaser of tobacco products who reasonably appears to be under 21 years of age. The warning signs shall include a toll-free telephone number to the department for persons to report unlawful sales of tobacco products to any person under 21 years of age.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2016, 2nd Ex. Sess., Ch. 8, Sec. 3. (SB 7 2x) Effective June 9, 2016.