71st OREGON LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY--2001 Regular Session
 
NOTE:  Matter within  { +  braces and plus signs + } in an
amended section is new. Matter within  { -  braces and minus
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LC 1977
 
                         House Bill 2571
 
Sponsored by Representative BACKLUND; Representatives CARLSON,
  DOYLE, HOPSON, JENSON, KROPF, LEE, PATRIDGE, Senators COURTNEY,
  DECKERT, FERRIOLI, HARTUNG
 
 
                             SUMMARY
 
The following summary is not prepared by the sponsors of the
measure and is not a part of the body thereof subject to
consideration by the Legislative Assembly. It is an editor's
brief statement of the essential features of the measure as
introduced.
 
  Includes bidis in definition of tobacco products.
 
                        A BILL FOR AN ACT
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
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  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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