§911. Acts prohibited
A. No person, agent, associate, employee, representative, or servant of any person
shall permit any of the following acts to be done on or about any premises which sells or
offers for sale tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products:
(1) Sell or serve tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products
over-the-counter in a retail establishment to any person under the age of eighteen unless such
person submits a driver's license, selective service card, or other lawful identification which
on its face establishes the age of the person as eighteen years or older and there is no reason
to doubt the authenticity or correctness of the identification.
(2) Violate the terms and provisions of R.S. 14:91.6 relative to the unlawful
distribution of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products.
(3) Violate the terms and provisions of the "Prevention of Youth Access to Tobacco
Law" under R.S. 14:91.8.
(4) Violate the terms and provisions of this Chapter or any rules or regulations
promulgated by the office pursuant to this Chapter.
(5) Accept Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program "SNAP" electronic benefit
transfer cards as payment for tobacco products in violation of the provisions of 7 U.S.C.
2011 et seq., and any federal regulation issued pursuant thereto.
(6) Illegally sell, offer for sale, possess, or permit the consumption on or about the
licensee's premises of any kind or type of controlled dangerous substance.
B.(1)(a) No retail dealer shall purchase tobacco products for resale except from a
wholesale dealer operating with a valid unsuspended wholesale dealer permit, except as
provided for in this Chapter.
(b) No vapor retail dealer shall purchase alternative nicotine products or vapor
products for resale except from a manufacturer of those products or a wholesale dealer
operating with a valid unsuspended Louisiana wholesale dealer permit, except as provided
for in this Chapter.
(2) No wholesale dealer shall sell tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or
vapor products for resale except to a retail dealer operating with either a valid registration
certificate or a valid unsuspended permit.
(3)(a) Notwithstanding Paragraphs (B)(1) and (2), any tobacconist at a particular
retail outlet as defined in Subparagraph (B)(3)(b) may purchase tobacco products for such
retail outlet from any manufacturer, wholesale dealer, if such dealer has a valid, unsuspended
certificate or permit, or other supplier.
(b) "Tobacconist at a particular outlet" for purposes of this Paragraph means a retail
dealer engaged in receiving bulk smoking tobacco for the purpose of blending such tobacco
for retail sale at a particular retail outlet where fifty percent or more of the total purchases
for the preceding twelve months were purchases of tobacco products, excluding cigarettes.
C. No wholesale dealer shall sell to a retail dealer and no retail dealer shall sell to
the public single cigarettes. No individual package of cigarettes shall be sold or distributed
in individual packages containing fewer than twenty cigarettes. No smoking tobacco
intended for use as roll-your-own smoking tobacco for cigarettes shall be sold or distributed
in individual packages containing less than six-tenths of one ounce of smoking tobacco. No
cigarette or smokeless tobacco product shall be sold to the public except in an unopened
package originating with the manufacturer, bearing the health warning required by federal
law, and evidencing that the applicable tax under Chapter 8 of Subtitle II of Title 47 of the
Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950 has been paid.
D. Manufacturers of vapor products shall not sell vapor products in this state without
authorization from the office of alcohol and tobacco control pursuant to rules promulgated
by the commissioner of the office of alcohol and tobacco control. The request for
authorization shall include:
(1) The name, telephone number, and address of the applicant.
(2) The name, telephone number, and address of the manufacturing facility.
(3) The name, telephone number, title, and address of the person responsible for the
manufacturing facility.
(4) Verification that the facility will comply with applicable tobacco products good
manufacturing practices pursuant to 21 U.S.C. 387f(e) of the Federal Food, Drug, and
Cosmetic Act.
(5) Verification that the manufacturer will comply with the applicable ingredient
listing required by 21 U.S.C. 387d(a)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Acts 1997, No. 1370, §2, eff. Oct. 1, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 84, §1, eff.
May 1, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 1265, §1, eff. July 12, 1999; Acts 2012, No. 28, §1; Acts 2014,
No. 278, §2, eff. May 28, 2014; Acts 2019, No. 424, §1, eff. June 20, 2019.