Official:Amending Chapter 9-600 of The Philadelphia Code, entitled "Service and Other Businesses," by clarifying penalties for violations of Section 9-622, entitled "Cigarettes and Tobacco Products," and by adding a new section to prohibit sales of electronic smoking devices and unapproved nicotine delivery products to minors, under certain terms and conditions.
Sponsor: Councilmember Greenlee
Introduced: February 20, 2014
Signed: March 27, 2014
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This bill makes it clearer how stores will be penalized for selling tobacco products to minors. It also adds a new rule that prevents the sale of e-cigarettes and unapproved nicotine delivery products to anyone under 18.
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