It is unlawful for tobacco retailer to sell or permit to be
sold tobacco to any individual without requesting and examining identification
from the purchaser positively establishing the purchaser's age
as 18 years or greater, unless the seller has some other conclusive
basis for determining the buyer is over the age of 18 years.
All tobacco vending machines and self-service tobacco displays
made unlawful by the terms of this article shall be removed within
30 days from the effective date of this article codified in this article.
As used in this article, the following terms are defined:
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Ocean County Health Department, and may be referred to
in this article as the "Department."
HEALTH OFFICER
The administrative officer of the Ocean County Health Department.
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
Any member of the Township Police Department or any other
municipal police department of the New Jersey State Police.
PERSON
An individual, partnership, cooperative, association, corporation,
personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or any other
legal entity.
SELF-SERVICE DISPLAYS
Any racks, stands or other display devices from which a customer
may take tobacco products directly with only payment to be made to
the tobacco retailer.
TOBACCO
Any product made from the tobacco plant for the purpose of
smoking, chewing, inhaling and other personal use, including cigars,
chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff and cigarettes in any form.
TOBACCO RETAILER
Any person or entity that operates a store, stand, booth,
concession, or place at which sales of tobacco are made to purchasers
for consumption or use. This shall also mean a person or entity that
owns, operates or uses a vending machine and/or vending machine location.
VENDING MACHINE
Any automated, self-service device which, upon insertion
of money, tokens or any other form of payment, dispenses cigarettes
or other tobacco products.