§ 21a-417 — Certain promotional or advertising samples authorized.

Any business entity holding a dealer registration under section 21a-415 may give or deliver an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product in connection with the promotion or advertisement of such electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product without receiving monetary consideration from the person receiving the electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product, provided (1) such giving or delivery is at the location identified by the business entity in its application for the dealer registration or at any event or establishment with an area the access to which is limited to persons twenty-one years of age or older, provided such giving or delivery is restricted to such area, (2) the sample of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products, if applicable, contains no less than two such systems or products, (3) the taxes on such electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product have been previously paid, and (4) the giving or delivery of the sample is done in accordance with federal laws and regulations governing the giving or delivery of electronic nicotine delivery systems and vapor products. The business entity that holds a dealer registration shall be liable for any gift or delivery of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product to a person under twenty-one years of age on the premises by any person conducting a promotion or advertisement of such electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product in accordance with this section. This section shall not apply to the gift or delivery of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product in connection with a sale of a similar electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product.

Legislative History

(P.A. 19-13, S. 13.)