Chapter 13: Prohibitions
on Harmful Products
§1301. Advertising of harmful products.
§1302. Providing harmful products to minors.
§1303. Posting signs.
(a) No manufacturer, retailer, distributor of tobacco products or other person shall advertise or promote by billboard, radio, television, public broadcast, handout, device or otherwise for commercial purposes:
(1) cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff or other tobacco products;
(2) beer, wine, liquor or other intoxicating beverages; or
(3) narcotic drugs as defined in section 1003(d) of this title.
(b) Notwithstanding the prohibitions of subsection (a) of this section, nothing herein shall prohibit a commercial vendor from advertising prices of legal products by hand-drafted signs; PROVIDED, however, that such signs are inside of the vendor's premises and not visible to the public from outside of the vendor's premises.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $5,000 per offense, or imprisoned not more than 30 days per offense, or both.
Source: YSL 3-80 §1, modified.
Commission Comment: Subsections of this section using numbers have been changed to lower case alphabets and subsections using capital alphabets have been changed to numbers to be consistent with the formatting used throughout this code.
(a) No manufacturer, retailer, distributor of tobacco products or other person shall sell, give or otherwise provide or distribute cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff or other tobacco products to a person 17 years of age or younger.
(b) To ensure compliance with section 1301 and section 1302 subsection (a), random, unannounced inspections will be conducted periodically by the Chief of Police, or his designee(s), of retail or other establishments where tobacco products, intoxicating beverages and narcotic drugs are manufactured, sold or distributed.
(c) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $5,000.00 per offense, or imprisoned not more than 30 days per offense, or both.
Source: YSL 3-80 §1, modified.
Commission Comment: Subsections of this section using numbers have been changed to lower case alphabets to be consistent with the formatting used throughout this code.
(a) Signs shall be prominently posted in all retail or other establishments where tobacco products, intoxicating beverages or narcotic drugs are sold or distributed, on which are printed the text of section 1302, subsections (a) and (c) of this title. The signs shall be printed in the language predominantly spoken in the area where the establishment is located and in English, in letters designed to be easily read, at least one-half inch high.
(b) Any person who violates the provisions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not more than $500.00 per offense, and be required to comply with the requirements of this section immediately.
Source: YSL 3-80 §1, modified.
Commission Comment: Subsections of this section using numbers have been changed to lower case alphabets to be consistent with the formatting used throughout this code.