Miami issues no separate tobacco-retail license. Florida DBPR Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco regulates retail tobacco permits statewide under Chapter 569, and Florida Sec. 569.31 preempts cities from imposing additional local tobacco licenses or fees.
Tobacco retail licensing in Florida is administered exclusively by the Department of Business and Professional Regulation (DBPR), Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco, under Florida Statute Chapter 569. Retailers selling cigarettes, cigars, or other tobacco products must hold a state-issued retail tobacco permit and pay annual fees. Florida Statute Sec. 569.31 (and Sec. 386.212 for vapor products) preempts cities like Miami from creating their own tobacco licensing schemes or imposing additional permit fees. Miami may regulate where tobacco retailers locate through Miami 21 zoning and may enforce state minimum-age rules (21 under federal Tobacco 21), but it cannot impose a separate local tobacco license.
Selling tobacco without a DBPR permit triggers civil penalties up to 1,000 dollars per violation and permit revocation. Sales to anyone under 21 trigger FDA fines and Florida administrative action. Miami code-enforcement is limited to zoning issues.
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