Chapter 187 Oregon Laws 2001
AN ACT
HB 2571
Relating to the definition
of tobacco products; amending ORS 431.840.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
ORS 431.840 is amended to read:
431.840. (1) It shall be unlawful to do any of the
following:
(a) To distribute free tobacco products to persons under 18
years of age as part of a marketing strategy to encourage the use of tobacco
products.
(b) To fail as a retailer to post a notice substantially
similar to that set forth in subsection (3) of this section in a location
clearly visible to the seller and the purchaser that sale of tobacco products
to persons under 18 years of age is prohibited.
(c) To sell cigarettes in any form other than a sealed
package.
(2) As used in this section “tobacco products” means bidis, cigars, cheroots, stogies,
periques, granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed and other smoking
tobacco, snuff, snuff flour, cavendish, plug and twist tobacco, fine-cut and
other chewing tobaccos, shorts, refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings
of tobacco and other kinds and forms of tobacco, prepared in such manner as to
be suitable for chewing or smoking in a pipe or otherwise, or both for chewing
and smoking, and shall include cigarettes as defined in ORS 323.010 (1).
(3) The notice shall be substantially as follows:
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NOTICE
The sale of tobacco in any form to persons under 18 years
of age is prohibited by law. Any person who knowingly sells, or causes to be
sold, tobacco to a person under 18 years of age commits the crime of
endangering the welfare of a minor, pursuant to ORS 163.575.
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Approved by the Governor May
24, 2001
Filed in the office of
Secretary of State May 24, 2001
Effective date January 1,
2002
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