Sale of tobacco, smoking supplies or electronic cigarettes to person under 19 prohibited
5(1)No person shall sell or offer for sale tobacco, smoking supplies or electronic cigarettes to a person under the age of nineteen years.
5(2)Where a person who appears to be under the age of nineteen years requests to purchase tobacco, smoking supplies or electronic cigarettes, a person to whom the request is made shall, before acceding to the request, demand that satisfactory proof of age be provided by the person making the request.
5(3)If it appears that any proof of age provided under subsection (2) has been altered in any way, the person who demanded the proof of age shall not accept it as satisfactory.
5(4)In any prosecution under this section, the judge shall determine from the appearance of the person who made the request to purchase tobacco, smoking supplies or electronic cigarettes and other relevant circumstances whether the person appears to be under the age of nineteen years.
2015, c.46, s.5; 2021, c.34, s.4