Alaska Statutes Title 18, Chapter 18.74 - Cigarette Fire Safety

• Sec. 18.74.010 Requirement for Sale.
  Except as provided by AS 18.74.060 , a person may not sell or offer to sell cigarettes in this state, or sell or offer...
• Sec. 18.74.030 Testing of Cigarettes.
  (a) Cigarettes shall be tested under(1) the ASTM International Standard E2187-04, entitled "Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes"; or(2) a...
• Sec. 18.74.040 Alternative Test Methods.
  (a) If the state fire marshal determines that cigarettes cannot be tested by a test method established in AS 18.74.030 (a), a manufacturer of...
• Sec. 18.74.050 Testing Laboratories.
  (a) Testing of cigarettes under this chapter shall be performed by a laboratory that has been accredited under standard ISO/IEC 17025 of the International...
• Sec. 18.74.060 Testing for Another Purpose.
  AS 18.74.030 and 18.74.040 do not require cigarettes to be tested if the cigarettes are tested for another purpose and the testing is consistent...
• Sec. 18.74.065 Testing by State Fire Marshal.
  The state fire marshal may perform testing of cigarettes to determine compliance with this chapter. If the state fire marshal or a contractor of...
• Sec. 18.74.070 Maintenance of Records.
  A manufacturer shall keep for three years copies of the reports of all tests conducted on all cigarettes offered for sale. The manufacturer shall...
• Sec. 18.74.080 Certification Requirement.
  (a) A manufacturer shall submit to the state fire marshal a certification that each cigarette listed in the certification has been tested under AS...
• Sec. 18.74.090 Contents of Certification.
  The certification required by AS 18.74.080 must provide the following information for each cigarette listed in the certification:(1) the brand or trade name on...
• Sec. 18.74.100 Banding Requirement.
  Each cigarette listed in a certification submitted under AS 18.74.080 that uses lowered permeability bands in the cigarette paper to achieve compliance with the...
• Sec. 18.74.110 Availability of Certifications.
  The certification required by AS 18.74.080 shall be made available to the attorney general for purposes consistent with this chapter and to the department...
• Sec. 18.74.120 Packaging Marking Approval.
  (a) Before submitting a certification of a cigarette under AS 18.74.080, a manufacturer shall present its proposed packaging marking to the state fire marshal...
• Sec. 18.74.130 Marking of Cigarette Packaging.
  (a) The packaging containing a brand and style of cigarette that a manufacturer certifies under AS 18.74.080 must be marked to indicate compliance with...
• Sec. 18.74.150 Copies.
  A manufacturer who certifies a cigarette under AS 18.74.080 shall provide a copy of the certification to each wholesale dealer and agent to whom...
• Sec. 18.74.160 Penalties for Violations.
  (a) A manufacturer, a wholesale dealer, an agent, or another person who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes other than through retail sale...
• Sec. 18.74.180 Separate Accounting.
  The fee received under AS 18.74.080 (c) and the civil penalties imposed under AS 18.74.160 shall be deposited into the general fund and separately...
• Sec. 18.74.190 Seizure of Cigarettes.
  (a) If a person is offering for sale or has made a sale of cigarettes in violation of AS 18.74.010 , the state fire...
• Sec. 18.74.200 Other Remedies.
  In addition to any other remedy provided by law, the state fire marshal or attorney general may file an action in superior court for...
• Sec. 18.74.210 Fire Prevention and Public Safety Fund.
  (a) The fire prevention and public safety fund is established. The fund consists of appropriations made to the fund.(b) The purpose of the fund...
• Sec. 18.74.220 Implementation.
  The substance of the fire safety standards for cigarettes established by the law of the state of New York and the implementation of these...
• Sec. 18.74.230 Review by State Fire Marshal.
  The state fire marshal shall review the effectiveness of this chapter, report the state fire marshal's findings to the legislature every three years on...
• Sec. 18.74.240 Regulations.
  The state fire marshal may adopt regulations to implement this chapter.
• Sec. 18.74.250 Inspections.
  (a) The department may inspect cigarettes held by wholesale dealers, agents, and retail dealers to determine if the cigarettes are marked as required by...
• Sec. 18.74.260 Sale Outside the State.
  This chapter may not be interpreted to prohibit a person from manufacturing or selling cigarettes that do not meet the requirements of this chapter...
• Sec. 18.74.270 Regulation by Municipality.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a municipality may not enact or enforce an ordinance or another law of the municipality that conflicts with...
• Sec. 18.74.280 Relationship to Federal Law.
  This chapter does not apply if a federal law is enacted that establishes a reduced cigarette ignition propensity standard and preempts this chapter.
• Sec. 18.74.290 Definitions.
  In this chapter,(1) "agent" means a person authorized by the department to purchase and affix stamps on packages of cigarettes under AS 43.50.500 -...

Last modified: November 15, 2016