Oregon Code § 180.486·Enacted ·Last updated March 01, 2026
Statute Text
Prohibited conduct; penalty.
(1) A person may not:
(a) Sell, offer
for sale or possess for sale in this state smokeless tobacco products of a
tobacco product manufacturer that is not included in the directory developed
under ORS 180.477;
(b) Sell, offer
for sale or possess for sale in this state smokeless tobacco products of a
tobacco product manufacturer that the person acquired at a time when the
tobacco product manufacturer was not included in the directory developed under
ORS 180.477;
(c) Possess in
this state for sale in another jurisdiction smokeless tobacco products of a
tobacco product manufacturer that the person acquired at a time when the
tobacco product manufacturer was not included in the directory developed under
ORS 180.477 and was not in compliance with the Smokeless Tobacco Master
Settlement Agreement qualifying statute in the other jurisdiction or with
statutes that supplement the qualifying statute in that jurisdiction; or
(d) Distribute,
in this state, free samples of smokeless tobacco products:
(A) To persons
under 21 years of age; or
(B) In any area,
unless access by persons under 21 years of age to that area is prohibited.
(2) A person who
sells, offers for sale, distributes, acquires, holds, owns, possesses,
transports, imports or causes to be imported smokeless tobacco products that
the person knows or should know are intended for sale or distribution in
violation of subsection (1) of this section commits a Class A misdemeanor. [2009
c.717 §13]