NYC Rules of the City of New York

§ 28-02 — Sale or Offer for Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products, Flavored Electronic Cigarettes, and Flavored E-Liquids Restricted.

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(a) Only the following entities may sell or offer for sale flavored tobacco products: (1) Tobacco bars; and (2) Tobacco wholesalers, but only where the sale or offer of sale is made to a tobacco bar. (b) The sale of flavored electronic cigarettes and flavored e-liquids is prohibited.

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Effective: 12/18/2021Last amended: 7/31/2024

§ 28-02 Sale or Offer for Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products, Flavored Electronic Cigarettes, and Flavored E-Liquids Restricted.

RCNY § 28-02

(a)Only the following entities may sell or offer for sale flavored tobacco products: (1) Tobacco bars; and (2) Tobacco wholesalers, but only where the sale or offer of sale is made to a tobacco bar.

(b)The sale of flavored electronic cigarettes and flavored e-liquids is prohibited.

(c)Tobacco products that do not impart a characterizing flavor other than menthol, mint, and wintergreen are not subject to the restriction on sale set forth in § 17-715 of the Administrative Code or these rules, and may lawfully be sold by any retail dealer or wholesale dealer licensed to sell tobacco products, regardless of whether such sale occurs to or in a tobacco bar. (Amended City Record 11/18/2021, eff. 12/18/2021; amended City Record 7/1/2024, eff. 7/31/2024)

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