(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 amendment, L. 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otherwise requires: (a) "Cigarette" shall have the same meaning as set forth in section 39-28-202 (4), C.R.S. (b) Repealed. (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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