Connecticut 2025 Regular Session

Connecticut Senate Bill SB00478 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 01/09/2025

                             
 
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General Assembly  Proposed Bill No. 478  
January Session, 2025  
LCO No. 230 
 
 
Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH  
 
 
Introduced by:  
SEN. ANWAR, 3rd Dist.  
 
 
 
AN ACT PROHIBITING THE SALE OF TOBACCO, ELECTRONIC 
NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEMS AND VAPOR PRODUCTS BY NEW 
RETAILERS WITHIN A CERTAIN DISTANCE OF A SCHOOL. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General 
Assembly convened: 
 
That the general statutes be amended to prohibit the sale of tobacco, 1 
electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products by new 2 
retailers within one thousand feet of a school or, if a municipality has an 3 
existing law prohibiting the sale of alcohol within a certain distance of a 4 
school, to prohibit the sale of tobacco, electronic nicotine delivery 5 
systems and vapor products in such municipality within the same 6 
distance of a school as the restricted distance set forth in such law. 7 
Statement of Purpose:   
To prioritize public health.