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General Assembly Proposed Bill No. 617
January Session, 2019
LCO No. 2553
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
SEN. SOMERS, 18th Dist.
AN ACT CONCERNING THE MINIMUM AGE AND PENALTY FOR
ILLEGAL SALES OF ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS
AND VAPOR PRODUCTS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
That the general statutes be amended to (1) raise the minimum age 1
to purchase electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products to 2
twenty-one, (2) increase the penalty to any seller, seller's agent or 3
employee who sells to any person under the age of twenty-one an 4
electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product to six hundred 5
dollars for the first offense, one thousand fifty dollars for the second 6
offense and one thousand five hundred dollars for each subsequent 7
offense, and (3) require any individual who uses electronic nicotine 8
delivery systems or vapor products to disclose such use to their health 9
insurance provider. 10
Statement of Purpose:
To discourage the use and illegal sale of electronic nicotine delivery
systems and vapor products.