[HISTORY: Adopted by the Borough Council of the Borough of Mountain
Lakes by Ord. No. 17-95. Amendments noted where applicable.]
All tobacco vending machines are hereby prohibited in the Borough of
Mountain Lakes. Any person owning, operating, renting or permitting the use
of a tobacco vending machine on premises under his or her control shall be
in violation of this section.
It shall be unlawful for anyone, including a tobacco retailer, to sell,
give or permit to be sold or given, to a person under 18 years of age, tobacco
in any form. It shall be unlawful for a 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
that the buyer is over the age of 18 years.
It shall be unlawful for any tobacco retailer to allow, suffer or permit
the sale of tobacco products on his or her premises by any person under the
age of 18 years.
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The Police Department, Board of Health and the Code Enforcement
Official are hereby authorized to enforce the provisions of this chapter.
