2000 -- H 7537
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S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2000
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A N A C T
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - - SALE OF CIGARETTE LIGHTERS TO MINORS
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 11-9-13 of the General Laws in Chapter 11-9 entitled "Children" is hereby amended to read as follows:
11-9-13. Purchase, sale or delivery of tobacco products to persons under eighteen -- Posting notice of law Purchase, sale or delivery of tobacco products and cigarette lighters to persons under eighteen - - Posting notice of law -- (a) No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall purchase nor shall any person sell, give or deliver to any person under eighteen (18) years of age any cigarette lighters or tobacco in the form of cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, or snuff. Any person, firm, or corporation that owns, manages, or operates a place of business in which tobacco products and cigarette lighters are sold, including sales through cigarette vending machines, shall post notice of this law conspicuously in such place of business in letters at least three-eighths of an inch ( 3/8") high.
(b) Any person under eighteen (18) years of age who participates in an adult organized or adult supervised activity involving cigarette lighters shall be exempt from this section.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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EXPLANATION
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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A N A C T
RELATING TO CRIMINAL OFFENSES - - SALE OF CIGARETTE LIGHTERS TO MINORS
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This act would ban the purchase by or sale or transfer to any person under eighteen (18) years of age of cigarette lighters unless used in conjunction with an adult supervised activity.
This act would take effect upon passage.
