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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) A person or business entity may not sell or offer for sale cigarettes in any form other than an original factory-wrapped package.
(b) No person or business entity may sell or offer for sale cigarettes in a package that contains fewer than twenty cigarettes.
(c) No person or business entity may sell or offer for sale single cigarettes.
(d) A person or business entity may not sell or offer for sale cigarettes in any form that does not display the warnings with the display characteristics required by the provisions of 15 U.S.C. § 1333(b)(3), as amended.
(e) Any person or business entity who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined $250.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - West Virginia Code Chapter 16. Public Health § 16-9A-10. The sale of cigarettes in a container other than its original factory-wrapped packaging prohibited; sale of individual cigarettes prohibited; and warnings required - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wv/chapter-16-public-health/wv-code-sect-16-9a-10/
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