OMC Chapter 5.91 requires every retailer selling tobacco, electronic cigarettes, or vape products in Oakland to obtain an annual tobacco retailer license, comply with the city flavor ban, and maintain age-verification protocols. Buffer zones limit new retailers near schools.
OMC Chapter 5.91 mandates an annual tobacco retailer license for any business selling cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, electronic smoking devices, vape liquid, or related accessories. Oakland's flavor ban prohibits the sale of flavored tobacco products including menthol cigarettes and flavored vape liquid, predating California Senate Bill 793. New retailers may not locate within 1,000 feet of schools, parks, libraries, or other tobacco retailers. Retailers must verify the age of any purchaser appearing under 30, post compliance notices, and submit to compliance check inspections. License denial, suspension, and revocation follow violations.
License suspension, revocation, civil penalties, and ineligibility to reapply for one year after revocation; flavor-ban violations also trigger administrative citations.
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