§ 16-12-211 — Limitations On Advertising -- Rulemaking

Montana § 16-12-211

• Jurisdiction: Montana
• Title 16: ALCOHOL, TOBACCO, AND MARIJUANA
• Ch. 12: MARIJUANA REGULATION AND TAXATION
• Part 2: Licensing and Regulation

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16-12-211 . Limitations on advertising -- rulemaking. (1) Except as provided in subsection (3), persons with licenses may not advertise marijuana or marijuana products.
(2) A listing in a directory of businesses authorized under this chapter is not advertising for the purposes of this section.
(3) (a) A licensee may engage in electronic advertising such as maintaining a website and advertising on web applications, provided that no electronic advertisement produced by the licensee contains a statement or illustration that:
(i) is false or misleading;
(ii) promotes overconsumption of marijuana or marijuana products;
(iii) depicts the actual consumption of marijuana or marijuana products;
(iv) depicts a person under 21 years of age consuming marijuana;
(v) makes any health, therapeutic, or medicinal claims about marijuana or marijuana products; or
(vi) is designed in a way that is likely to appeal to minors and includes cartoons, animals, children, or any other likeness to images, characters, or phrases that are designed in any manner to be appealing or to encourage consumption of marijuana by persons under 21 years of age.
(b) A licensee may not advertise marijuana or marijuana products using pop-up advertisements that display in a new internet browser window.
(c) A licensee may not direct advertising of marijuana or marijuana products toward mobile devices in the form of push notifications unless users affirmatively opt in to receiving push notifications related to marijuana or marijuana products.
(4) The department shall adopt rules to clearly identify the activities that constitute advertising that are prohibited under this section.

Legislative History

En. Sec. 24, I.M. No. 190, approved Nov. 3, 2020; amd. Sec. 2, Ch. 505, L. 2021; amd. Sec. 58, Ch. 576, L. 2021.