Tennessee § 39-17-1506 - Required postings. [Effective on January 1, 2021. See version effective until January 1, 2021.]

§ 39-17-1506. Required postings. [Effective on January 1, 2021. See version effective until January 1, 2021.]

Every person who sells tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products at retail shall post conspicuously and keep so posted at the place of business a sign, no smaller than ninety-three and one-half (93 ½) square inches, to ensure that it is likely to be read at each point of sale, stating the following: STATE LAW STRICTLY PROHIBITS THE SALE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS, VAPOR PRODUCTS, OR SMOKING PARAPHERNALIA TO PERSONS UNDER THE AGE OF TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS PROOF OF AGE MAY BE REQUIRED Unless another notice is required by federal law, the notice required by this section and the notice required by § 39-15-411 shall be the only notice regarding tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products required to be posted or maintained in any store that sells tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products at retail. Acts 1994, ch. 872, § 6; 1999, ch. 354, § 8; 2020, ch. 732, §§ 13, 14. Amendments. The 2020 amendment, effective January 1, 2021, in (a), inserted “, smoking hemp, or vapor” in the first paragraph and in the second paragraph, inserted “, VAPOR PRODUCTS,” and substituted “TWENTY-ONE (21) YEARS” for “EIGHTEEN (18) YEARS”; and substituted "tobacco, smoking hemp, or vapor products" for “tobacco products” twice in (b). Effective Dates. Acts 2020, ch. 732, § 25. January 1, 2021.