California Business and Professions Code DIVISION 8.5 - STOP TOBACCO ACCESS TO KIDS ENFORCEMENT ACT

• Section 22950.
  This Division shall be known and may be referred to as the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act or the STAKE Act.(Added by Stats....
• Section 22950.5.
  For purposes of this division, the following terms have the following meanings:(a) “Department” means the State Department of Public Health.(b) “Enforcing agency” means the State Department of...
• Section 22951.
  The Legislature finds and declares that reducing and eventually eliminating the illegal purchase and consumption of tobacco products by any person under 21 years of...
• Section 22952.
  The State Department of Public Health shall do all of the following:(a) Establish and develop a program to reduce the availability of tobacco products to persons...
• Section 22953.
  All moneys collected as civil penalties by the department and other state agencies pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the State Treasury to...
• Section 22954.
  Any cigarette or tobacco products distributor or wholesaler as defined in Sections 30011 and 30016 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and licensed under Article...
• Section 22955.
  Agents of the state department, while conducting enforcement activities pursuant to this division, are peace officers and are subject to all of the powers and...
• Section 22956.
  All persons engaging in the retail sale of tobacco products shall check the identification of tobacco purchasers, to establish the age of the purchaser, if...
• Section 22957.
  (a) In addition to the primary enforcement responsibility assumed by the department, another enforcing agency may conduct inspections and assess penalties for violations of this division...
• Section 22958.
  (a) (1) An enforcing agency may assess civil penalties against any person, firm, or corporation that sells, gives, or in any way furnishes to another person who...
• Section 22959.
  (a) The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) shall be transferred annually from the portion of the federal Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment block grant moneys...
• Section 22960.
  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), no cigarette or tobacco product shall be sold, offered for sale, or distributed from a vending machine or appliance,...
• Section 22961.
  (a) No person, firm, corporation, partnership, or other organization shall advertise or cause to be advertised any tobacco products on any outdoor billboard located within 1,000...
• Section 22962.
  (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:(1) “Self-service display” means the open display of tobacco products or tobacco paraphernalia in a...
• Section 22963.
  (a) The sale, distribution, or nonsale distribution of tobacco products directly or indirectly to any person under 21 years of age through the United States Postal...
• Section 22964.
  This division sets forth minimum state restrictions with respect to the legal age to purchase or possess tobacco products and does not preempt or otherwise...

Last modified: October 22, 2018