Boulder requires a tobacco retailer license for any business selling cigarettes, vape, or nicotine products. The city has restricted flavored product sales and enforces age twenty-one statewide rules, with annual renewal and compliance checks.
Boulder Revised Code Title 5 requires a separate tobacco retail license in addition to a base sales tax license for any establishment selling cigarettes, cigars, electronic smoking devices, or nicotine products. Boulder restricts flavored tobacco and electronic device sales and adds buffer zones near schools. Colorado Revised Statutes §44-7-103.5 sets the legal age at twenty-one, which Boulder enforces through compliance checks. Licensees must train staff on age verification, post warnings, retain transaction records, and accept unannounced inspection. Repeat sales-to-minors violations trigger escalating suspensions up to license revocation. Renewal occurs annually with a fee that funds enforcement.
Selling without a license, sales to under-twenty-ones, or violating Boulder flavor restrictions can result in fines, license suspension, or revocation under BRC Title 5 enforcement procedures.
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