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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 139
February Session, 2022
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF ELECTRONIC NICOTINE
DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS BY CHILDREN.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (a) of section 21a-415 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 2
1, 2023): 3
(a) As used in this chapter and section [53-344] 2 of this act: 4
(1) "Authorized owner" means the owner or authorized designee of a 5
business entity that is applying for a registration or is registered with 6
the Department of Consumer Protection pursuant to this chapter; 7
(2) "Business entity" means any corporation, limited liability 8
company, association, partnership, sole proprietorship, government, 9
governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust or any 10
other legal entity; 11
(3) "Dealer registration" means an electronic nicotine delivery system 12
certificate of dealer registration issued by the Commissioner of 13 Raised Bill No. 139
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Consumer Protection pursuant to this section; 14
(4) "Manufacturer registration" means an electronic nicotine delivery 15
system certificate of manufacturer registration issued by the 16
Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to section 21a-415a to 17
any person who mixes, compounds, repackages or resizes any nicotine-18
containing electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product; 19
(5) "Electronic cigarette liquid" means a liquid, including, but not 20
limited to, a concentrated plant extract or oil containing natural or 21
synthetic ingredients, that, when used in an electronic nicotine delivery 22
system or vapor product, produces a vapor that may or may not include 23
nicotine and [is] may be inhaled by the user of such electronic nicotine 24
delivery system or vapor product; 25
(6) "Electronic nicotine delivery system" means an electronic device 26
used in the delivery of nicotine or other substances to a person inhaling 27
from the device, and includes, but is not limited to, an electronic 28
cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or 29
electronic hookah and any related device and any cartridge or other 30
component of such device, including, but not limited to, electronic 31
cigarette liquid; 32
(7) "Vapor product" means any product that employs a heating 33
element, power source, electronic circuit or other electronic, chemical or 34
mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, to produce a vapor that 35
may include nicotine and is inhaled by the user of such product. "Vapor 36
product" does not include a medicinal or therapeutic product that is (A) 37
used by a licensed health care provider to treat a patient in a health care 38
setting, (B) used by a patient, as prescribed or directed by a licensed 39
health care provider in any setting, or (C) any drug or device, as defined 40
in the federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 USC 321, as amended 41
from time to time, any combination product, as described in said act, 21 42
USC 353(g), as amended from time to time, or any biological product, as 43
described in 42 USC 262, as amended from time to time, and 21 CFR 44
600.3, as amended from time to time, authorized for sale by the United 45 Raised Bill No. 139
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States Food and Drug Administration; 46
(8) "Sale" or "sell" means an act done intentionally by any person, 47
whether done as principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee, of 48
transferring, or offering or attempting to transfer, for consideration, 49
including bartering or exchanging, or offering to barter or exchange; 50
[and] 51
(9) "Deliver" or "delivering" means an act done intentionally by any 52
person, whether as principal, proprietor, agent, servant or employee, of 53
transferring, or offering or attempting to transfer, physical possession 54
or control of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product; 55
and 56
(10) "Flavoring agent" means an additive used in food or drugs when 57
such additive (A) is used in accordance with good manufacturing 58
practice principles and in the minimum quantity required to produce its 59
intended effect; (B)(i) consists of one or more ingredients generally 60
recognized as safe in food or drugs, (ii) has been previously sanctioned 61
for use in food or drugs by the state or the federal government, (iii) 62
meets United States Pharmacopeia standards, or (iv) is an additive 63
permitted for direct addition to food for human consumption pursuant 64
to 21 CFR 172, as amended from time to time; (C) is inert and produces 65
no effect other than the instillation or modification of flavor; and (D) is 66
not greater than five per cent of the total weight of the product. 67
Sec. 2. (NEW) (Effective January 1, 2022) (a) No person shall sell, give, 68
deliver or possess with intent to sell in this state an electronic nicotine 69
delivery system or a vapor product with a flavoring agent, other than 70
tobacco flavor, that has been added for the purpose of flavoring the 71
contents of the electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product. 72
This section shall not apply to any product (1) that the United States 73
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines to be a modified 74
risk tobacco product pursuant to 21 USC 387k, as amended from time to 75
time, or (2) for which the manufacturer has applied for or received a 76
marketing order from the federal Food and Drug Administration under 77 Raised Bill No. 139
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21 USC 387j, as amended from time to time. 78
(b) (1) No person shall sell, give, deliver or possess with intent to sell, 79
in this state an electronic nicotine delivery system or a vapor product 80
with a nicotine content that is greater than thirty-five milligrams per 81
milliliter. Each person with a manufacturer registration shall provide 82
documentation to a person with a dealer registration, indicating the 83
nicotine content, expressed as milligrams per milliliter, for each 84
electronic nicotine delivery system and vapor product sold by such 85
person with a manufacturer registration to such person with a dealer 86
registration. 87
(2) Each business entity holding a dealer registration shall (A) 88
maintain documentation, within the place of business identified in the 89
business entity's application for dealer registration, of the nicotine 90
content provided pursuant to subdivision (1) of this subsection by the 91
person with a manufacturer registration, for each electronic nicotine 92
delivery system and vapor product sold, given or delivered by such 93
person to the business entity, and (B) provide such documentation at the 94
request of the Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, 95
or the commissioner's designee, during any unannounced compliance 96
check conducted pursuant to section 21-415b of the general statutes, as 97
amended by this act. 98
(c) As used in this section, "person" means any individual, authorized 99
owner of a business entity, retail establishment, as defined in section 100
19a-106a of the general statutes, partnership, company, limited liability 101
company, public or private corporation, association, trustee, executor, 102
administrator or other fiduciary or custodian. 103
Sec. 3. Section 21a-415b of the general statutes is repealed and the 104
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2023): 105
(a) Each business entity with a dealer registration shall place and 106
maintain in legible condition at each point of sale of electronic nicotine 107
delivery systems or vapor products a notice to consumers that states (1) 108
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vapor products to any person under twenty-one years of age is 110
prohibited by section 53-344b, as amended by this act, (2) the use of false 111
identification by a person under twenty-one years of age to purchase an 112
electronic nicotine delivery system or a vapor product is prohibited, and 113
(3) the penalties and fines for violating the provisions of this section and 114
section 53-344b, as amended by this act. 115
(b) (1) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, 116
or the commissioner's designee, shall conduct unannounced compliance 117
checks on business entities [holding] with a dealer registration by 118
engaging persons between the ages of sixteen and twenty to enter the 119
place of business of each such business entity to attempt to purchase an 120
electronic nicotine delivery system or a vapor product. 121
(2) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or 122
the commissioner's designee, shall conduct unannounced compliance 123
checks on business entities with a dealer registration to determine 124
whether any such business entity is selling, giving or delivering or has 125
sold, given or delivered any electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor 126
product with a flavoring agent, other than tobacco flavor, that has been 127
added for the purpose of flavoring the contents of the electronic delivery 128
system or vapor product, in violation of subsection (a) of section 2 of 129
this act. 130
(3) The Commissioner of Mental Health and Addiction Services, or 131
the commissioner's designee, shall conduct unannounced compliance 132
checks on business entities with a dealer registration to determine 133
whether each such business entity is in possession of the documentation 134
required under subsection (b) of section 2 of this act and whether such 135
documentation indicates that electronic nicotine delivery systems or 136
vapor products with a nicotine content greater than thirty-five 137
milligrams per milliliter were sold, given or delivered by such business 138
entity. The commissioner shall refer all business entities that do not 139
possess such documentation or that sold, gave, delivered or possessed 140
with intent to sell an electronic nicotine delivery system or a vapor 141
product with a nicotine content that is greater than thirty-five 142 Raised Bill No. 139
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milligrams per milliliter to the Commissioner of Revenue Services. 143
(4) The [commissioner] Commissioner of Mental Health and 144
Addiction Services shall conduct unannounced follow-up compliance 145
checks of all noncompliant business entities and shall refer all 146
noncompliant business entities to the Commissioner of Revenue 147
Services. 148
(c) Upon receipt of a referral made pursuant to subsection (b) of this 149
section, the Commissioner of Revenue Services may, following a 150
hearing, impose a civil penalty and direct the Commissioner of 151
Consumer Protection to suspend or revoke the dealer registration of the 152
business entity that is the subject of such referral. The Commissioner of 153
Revenue Services shall provide such business entity with written notice 154
of the hearing, specifying the time and place of such hearing and 155
requiring such business entity to show cause why such dealer 156
registration should not be suspended or revoked. The written notice of 157
the hearing shall be mailed or delivered to such business entity not less 158
than ten days preceding the date of the hearing. Such notice may be 159
served personally or by registered or certified mail. 160
(d) If the Commissioner of Revenue Services finds, after a hearing 161
pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, that any person employed by 162
any business entity issued a dealer registration under section 21a-415, 163
as amended by this act, has sold, given or delivered an electronic 164
nicotine delivery system or vapor product to a person under twenty-one 165
years of age, other than a person under twenty-one years of age who is 166
delivering or accepting delivery in such person's capacity as an 167
employee, said commissioner shall, for the first violation, require such 168
employee to successfully complete an online prevention education 169
program administered by the Department of Mental Health and 170
Addiction Services not later than thirty days after said commissioner's 171
finding. [Said commissioner] The Commissioner of Revenue Services 172
shall assess any employee who fails to complete such program a civil 173
penalty of [two] four hundred dollars. Said commissioner shall assess 174
any employee a civil penalty of [two hundred fifty] five hundred dollars 175 Raised Bill No. 139
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for a second or subsequent violation on or before twenty-four months 176
after the date of the first violation. 177
(e) (1) If the Commissioner of Revenue Services finds, after a hearing 178
pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, that [(1)] (A) any business 179
entity issued a dealer registration under section 21a-415, as amended by 180
this act, has sold, given or delivered an electronic nicotine delivery 181
system or vapor product to a person under twenty-one years of age, 182
other than a person under twenty-one years of age who is delivering or 183
accepting delivery in such person's capacity as an employee, or [(2)] (B) 184
such person's employee has sold, given or delivered an electronic 185
nicotine delivery system or vapor product to a person under twenty-one 186
years of age, the commissioner shall, for the first violation, require the 187
authorized owner of such business entity to successfully complete an 188
online prevention education program administered by the Department 189
of Mental Health and Addiction Services not later than thirty days after 190
said commissioner's finding. [Said commissioner] The Commissioner of 191
Revenue Services shall assess any business entity issued a dealer 192
registration, whose authorized owner fails to complete such program, a 193
civil penalty of [three] six hundred dollars for the first violation. [Said 194
commissioner] 195
(2) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall assess such business 196
entity a civil penalty of [seven hundred fifty] one thousand dollars for a 197
second violation on or before twenty-four months after the date of the 198
first violation. 199
(3) For a third violation by such business entity on or before twenty-200
four months after the date of the first violation, [said commissioner] the 201
Commissioner of Revenue Services shall assess such business entity a 202
civil penalty of [one] two thousand dollars and notify the Commissioner 203
of Consumer Protection that the dealer registration held by such 204
business entity under this chapter shall be suspended for not less than 205
thirty days. 206
(4) For a fourth violation on or before twenty-four months after the 207 Raised Bill No. 139
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date of the first violation, the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall 208
assess such business entity a civil penalty of [one] two thousand dollars 209
and notify the Commissioner of Consumer Protection that the dealer 210
registration held by such business entity under [said] this chapter shall 211
be revoked. The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall order such 212
business entity to conspicuously post a notice in a public place stating 213
that electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products cannot be 214
sold during the period of suspension or revocation and the reasons for 215
such suspension or revocation. Any sale of an electronic nicotine 216
delivery system or vapor product by such business entity during the 217
period of such suspension or revocation shall be deemed an additional 218
violation of this section. 219
(f) (1) If the Commissioner of Revenue Services finds, after a hearing 220
pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, that (A) any business entity 221
issued a dealer registration under section 21a-415, as amended by this 222
act, has sold, given or delivered an electronic nicotine delivery system 223
or vapor product with a flavoring agent, other than tobacco flavor, that 224
has been added for the purpose of flavoring the contents of the 225
electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product, or (B) any such 226
business entity does not possess documentation of nicotine content or 227
nicotine content that indicates a level of nicotine that is greater than 228
thirty-five milligrams per milliliter for any electronic nicotine delivery 229
system or vapor product sold, given or delivered within the retail 230
establishment of the business entity, the commissioner shall, for the first 231
violation, require the authorized owner of such business entity to 232
successfully complete an online prevention education program 233
administered by the Department of Mental Health and Addiction 234
Services not later than thirty days after said commissioner's finding. The 235
Commissioner of Revenue Services shall assess any business entity 236
issued a dealer registration, whose authorized owner fails to complete 237
such program, a civil penalty of six hundred dollars for the first 238
violation. 239
(2) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall assess such business 240
entity a civil penalty of one thousand five hundred dollars for a second 241 Raised Bill No. 139
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violation on or before twenty-four months after the date of the first 242
violation. 243
(3) For a third violation by such business entity on or before twenty-244
four months after the date of the first violation, the Commissioner of 245
Revenue Services shall assess such business entity a civil penalty of two 246
thousand dollars and notify the Commissioner of Consumer Protection 247
that the dealer registration held by such business entity under this 248
chapter shall be suspended for not less than thirty days. 249
(4) For a fourth violation on or before twenty-four months after the 250
date of the first violation, the Commissioner of Revenue Services shall 251
assess such business entity a civil penalty of two thousand dollars and 252
notify the Commissioner of Consumer Protection that the dealer 253
registration held by such business entity under this chapter shall be 254
revoked. The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall order such 255
business entity to conspicuously post a notice in a public place stating 256
that electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products cannot be 257
sold during the period of suspension or revocation and the reasons for 258
such suspension or revocation. Any sale of an electronic nicotine 259
delivery system or vapor product by such business entity during the 260
period of such suspension or revocation shall be deemed an additional 261
violation of this section. 262
[(f)] (g) Upon receipt of notice of determination from the 263
Commissioner of Revenue Services made under subsection (e) of this 264
section, the Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall suspend or 265
revoke the dealer registration of the business entity that is the subject of 266
said determination. The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall 267
not be required to hold a hearing in connection with any notice of 268
determination received from the Commissioner of Revenue Services 269
under this section. 270
[(g)] (h) The Commissioner of Consumer Protection shall not issue a 271
new dealer registration to a former registrant whose dealer registration 272
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entity that holds a dealer registration will comply with the provisions of 274
this chapter and any regulations related thereto, and section 53-344b, as 275
amended by this act. 276
Sec. 4. Section 12-295a of the general statutes is repealed and the 277
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 1, 2023): 278
(a) If the Commissioner of Revenue Services finds, after a hearing, 279
that any person employed by a dealer or distributor, as defined in 280
section 12-285, has sold, given or delivered cigarettes or tobacco 281
products to a person under twenty-one years of age other than a person 282
under twenty-one years of age who is delivering or accepting delivery 283
in such person's capacity as an employee, said commissioner shall, for 284
the first violation, require such person to successfully complete an 285
online tobacco prevention education program administered by the 286
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services not later than 287
thirty days after said commissioner's finding. [Said commissioner] The 288
Commissioner of Revenue Services shall assess any person who fails to 289
complete such program a civil penalty of [two] four hundred dollars. 290
Said commissioner shall assess any person employed by a dealer or 291
distributor a civil penalty of [two hundred fifty] five hundred dollars 292
for a second or subsequent violation on or before twenty-four months 293
after the date of the first violation. 294
(b) (1) If the Commissioner of Revenue Services finds, after a hearing, 295
that any dealer or distributor has sold, given or delivered cigarettes or a 296
tobacco product to a person under twenty-one years of age other than a 297
person under twenty-one years of age who is delivering or accepting 298
delivery in such person's capacity as an employee, or such dealer or 299
distributor's employee has sold, given or delivered cigarettes or a 300
tobacco product to such person, said commissioner shall require such 301
dealer or distributor, for the first violation, to successfully complete an 302
online tobacco prevention education program administered by the 303
Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services not later than 304
thirty days after said commissioner's finding. [Said commissioner] The 305
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who fails to complete such program a civil penalty of [three] six 307
hundred dollars. [Said commissioner] 308
(2) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall assess [any] such 309
dealer or distributor a civil penalty of [seven hundred fifty] one 310
thousand five hundred dollars for a second violation on or before 311
twenty-four months after the date of the first violation. 312
(3) For a third violation on or before twenty-four months after the 313
date of the first violation, [said commissioner] the Commissioner of 314
Revenue Services shall assess such dealer or distributor a civil penalty 315
of [one] two thousand dollars and suspend any license held by such 316
dealer or distributor under this chapter for not less than thirty days. 317
(4) For a fourth violation on or before twenty-four months after the 318
date of the first violation, [said commissioner] the Commissioner of 319
Revenue Services shall assess such dealer or distributor a civil penalty 320
of [one] two thousand dollars and revoke any license issued to such 321
dealer or distributor under this chapter. Said commissioner shall order 322
such distributor or dealer to conspicuously post a notice in a public 323
place within such distributor's or dealer's establishment stating that 324
cigarettes and tobacco products cannot be sold during the period of such 325
suspension or revocation and the reasons for such suspension or 326
revocation. Any sale of cigarettes or a tobacco product by such dealer or 327
distributor during such suspension or revocation shall be deemed an 328
additional violation of this subsection. 329
(c) (1) If the Commissioner of Revenue Services finds, after a hearing, 330
that any owner of an establishment in which a cigarette vending 331
machine or restricted cigarette vending machine is located has sold, 332
given or delivered cigarettes or tobacco products from any such 333
machine to a person under twenty-one years of age other than a person 334
under twenty-one years of age who is delivering or accepting delivery 335
in such person's capacity as an employee, or has allowed cigarettes or 336
tobacco products to be sold, given or delivered to such person from any 337
such machine, said commissioner shall require such owner, for the first 338 Raised Bill No. 139
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violation, to successfully complete an online tobacco prevention 339
education program administered by the Department of Mental Health 340
and Addiction Services not later than thirty days after said 341
commissioner's finding. [Said commissioner] The Commissioner of 342
Revenue Services shall assess any owner who fails to complete such 343
program a civil penalty of [five hundred] one thousand dollars. [Said 344
commissioner] 345
(2) The Commissioner of Revenue Services shall assess [any] such 346
owner a civil penalty of [seven hundred fifty] one thousand five 347
hundred dollars for a second violation on or before twenty-four months 348
after the date of the first violation. 349
(3) For a third violation on or before twenty-four months after the 350
date of the first violation, [said commissioner] the Commissioner of 351
Revenue Services shall assess such owner a civil penalty of [one] two 352
thousand dollars and immediately remove any such machine from such 353
establishment and no such machine may be placed in suc h 354
establishment for a period of one year following such removal. 355
(d) Any person aggrieved by any action of the [commissioner] 356
Commissioner of Revenue Services pursuant to this section may take 357
any appeal of such action as provided in sections 12-311 and 12-312. 358
Sec. 5. Subsection (b) of section 53-344 of the general statutes is 359
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 360
1, 2023): 361
(b) Any person who sells, gives or delivers to any person under 362
twenty-one years of age cigarettes or a tobacco product shall be fined 363
not more than [three] six hundred dollars for the first offense, not more 364
than [seven hundred fifty] one thousand five hundred dollars for a 365
second offense on or before twenty-four months after the date of the first 366
offense and not more than [one] two thousand dollars for each 367
subsequent offense on or before twenty-four months after the date of the 368
first offense. The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person 369
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of cigarettes or a tobacco product (1) in such person's capacity as an 371
employee, or (2) as part of a scientific study being conducted by an 372
organization for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in 373
cigarette and tobacco product use prevention and cessation, provided 374
such medical research has been approved by the organization's 375
institutional review board, as defined in section 21a-408. 376
Sec. 6. Subsection (b) of section 53-344b of the general statutes is 377
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 378
1, 2023): 379
(b) Any person who sells, gives or delivers to any person under 380
twenty-one years of age an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor 381
product in any form shall be fined not more than [three] six hundred 382
dollars for the first offense, not more than [seven hundred fifty] one 383
thousand five hundred dollars for a second offense on or before twenty-384
four months after the date of the first offense and not more than [one] 385
two thousand dollars for each subsequent offense on or before twenty-386
four months after the date of the first offense. The provisions of this 387
subsection shall not apply to a person under twenty-one years of age 388
who is delivering or accepting delivery of an electronic nicotine delivery 389
system or vapor product (1) in such person's capacity as an employee, 390
or (2) as part of a scientific study being conducted by an organization 391
for the purpose of medical research to further efforts in tobacco use 392
prevention and cessation, provided such medical research has been 393
approved by the organization's institutional review board, as defined in 394
section 21a-408. 395
Sec. 7. Section 21a-418 of the general statutes is repealed and the 396
following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective October 1, 2022): 397
(a) As used in this section: 398
(1) "Person" means any individual, firm, fiduciary, partnership, 399
corporation, limited liability company, trust or association, however 400
formed; 401 Raised Bill No. 139
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(2) "Electronic cigarette liquid" has the same meaning as provided in 402
section 21a-415, as amended by this act; 403
[(2)] (3) "Electronic nicotine delivery system" has the same meaning 404
as provided in section 21a-415, as amended by this act; and 405
[(3)] (4) "Vapor product" has the same meaning as provided in section 406
21a-415, as amended by this act. 407
(b) A person with an electronic nicotine delivery system certificate of 408
dealer registration, when selling and shipping an electronic nicotine 409
delivery system or a vapor product directly to a consumer in the state, 410
shall: (1) [Ensure] At the time of sale (A) require such consumer to 411
provide a copy of such consumer's valid motor vehicle operator's license 412
or valid identity card, as described in section 1-1h, or (B) verify such 413
consumer's identity on a commercially available third-party database 414
used for the purpose of age verification by business entities; (2) ensure 415
that the name on such consumer's valid motor vehicle operator's license 416
payment used to purchase such system or product at the time of sale; (3) 417
ensure that the shipping labels on all containers of an electronic nicotine 418
delivery system or vapor product [shipped directly to a consumer in the 419
state conspicuously states] conspicuously state the following: 420
"CONTAINS AN ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM OR 421
VAPOR PRODUCT —SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER 422
REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY"; and [(2)] (4) obtain the signature of a 423
person [age] twenty-one years of age or older at the shipping address 424
prior to delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that he or she 425
is age twenty-one or older by providing a valid motor vehicle operator's 426
license or a valid identity card. [described in section 1-1h] No person 427
with an electronic nicotine delivery system certificate of dealer 428
registration shall sell or ship to a consumer in the state more than two 429
vapor products and thirty cartridges of electronic cigarette liquid in a 430
one-month period. 431
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
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Section 1 January 1, 2023 21a-415(a)
Sec. 2 January 1, 2022 New section
Sec. 3 January 1, 2023 21a-415b
Sec. 4 January 1, 2023 12-295a
Sec. 5 January 1, 2023 53-344(b)
Sec. 6 January 1, 2023 53-344b(b)
Sec. 7 October 1, 2022 21a-418
Statement of Purpose:
To discourage the use of electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor
products by children.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]