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Colorado Revised Statutes Title 25. Health § 25-14-301. Sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products to persons under twenty-one years of age prohibited--definitions

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(1) This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Teen Tobacco Use Prevention Act”.

(2)(a) The sale of a cigarette or tobacco product to a person who is under twenty-one years of age is prohibited.

(b) Deleted by Laws 2020, Ch. 302 (H.B. 20-1001), § 4, eff. July 14, 2020.

(3) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) “Cigarette” shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 39-28-202(4), C.R.S.

(b) Repealed by Laws 2020, Ch. 302 (H.B. 20-1001), § 4, eff. July 14, 2020.

(c) “Tobacco product” has the same meaning as “cigarette, tobacco product, or nicotine product”, as defined in section 18-13-121(5).

(4)(a) Nothing in this section prohibits a statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county from enacting an ordinance or resolution that prohibits the sale of cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products to a person under twenty-one years of age or imposes requirements more stringent than provided in this section.

(b) A statutory or home rule municipality, county, or city and county shall not enact an ordinance or resolution that establishes a minimum age to purchase cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products that is under twenty-one years of age.

(5) A violation of paragraph (a) of subsection (2) of this section is a noncriminal offense.

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