Ley de Control de Accesorios de Tabaco y Hierbas para Fumar

Explicación Simple

Esta ley prohíbe vender papel para cigarrillos en máquinas expendedoras. También impide que las personas menores de 21 años compren accesorios de tabaco usando identificaciones falsas.

Es como si en una tienda de dulces no se pudiera vender caramelos a los niños si están usando una máscara para parecer más grandes.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan tiene 19 años y quiere comprar papel para enrollar cigarrillos. Si intenta usar una identificación falsa para hacerlo, estaría rompiendo la ley. Además, en la tienda donde quiere comprar, debe haber un cartel claro que dice que no se puede vender a menores de 21 años.

Penalidades

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Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

flavor, or both, chocolate, fruit flavoring, vanilla, peanut butter, jelly, or any combination of those flavors or similar child attractive scent or flavor. (c) Sale of cigarette paper from vending machines. No person shall knowingly offer, sell, barter, exchange, deliver or give away cigarette paper or cause, permit, or procure cigarette paper to be sold, offered, bartered, exchanged, delivered, or given away by use of a vending or coin-operated machine or device. For purposes of this Section, "cigarette paper" shall not include any paper that is incorporated into a product to which a tax stamp must be affixed under the Cigarette Tax Act or the Cigarette Use Tax Act. (d) Use of identification cards. No person in the furtherance or facilitation of obtaining smoking accessories and smoking herbs shall display or use a false or forged identification card or transfer, alter, or deface an identification card. (e) Warning to persons under 21 years of age. Any person, firm, partnership, company or corporation operating a place of business where tobacco accessories and smoking herbs are sold or offered for sale shall post in a conspicuous place upon the premises a sign upon which there shall be imprinted the following statement, "SALE OF TOBACCO ACCESSORIES AND SMOKING HERBS TO PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE OR THE MISREPRESENTATION OF AGE TO PROCURE SUCH A SALE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW". The sign shall be printed on a white card in red letters at least one-half inch in height. (Source: