Revere, MA Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)
Key Facts
- Permit issuer
- Board of Health
- Base permit fee
- $25/year, Section 8.36.020
- E-cigarette license fee
- $200/year, Appendix A
- Expiration
- December 31st every year
- Vending machines
- Banned outside age-restricted bar areas
- Violation fine
- $50/day or license suspension
Summary
Any retailer selling tobacco or electronic cigarettes over the counter or through vending machines in Revere needs a tobacco sales and location permit from the Board of Health. The base permit costs $25 a year under Section 8.36.020, but the city's fee schedule bills electronic cigarettes separately at $200 a year, alongside $200 lines for cigarettes and cigars.
No person or entity shall sell tobacco-related products over the counter or in vending machines within the city of Revere without a tobacco sales and location permit issued by the board of health. Said permit shall cost twenty-five dollars and be renewable each year. Each permit shall expire yearly on December 31st. ... Tobacco sales license fee, cigarettes $200 Tobacco sales license fee, electronic cigarettes $200 Tobacco sales license fee, cigars $200 ... Penalties for Sections 8.36.020, 8.36.050, 8.36.060 and 8.36.070. Violators of said sections shall be subject to a fine of fifty dollars per day of the offense or suspension of any and all licenses and permits issued by the board of health, or both such fine and suspension.
Official source re-checked September 7, 2026: no newer edition of the code had been published (publisher’s edition: rev 4804778; v14 updated 2026-05-04).
Full Breakdown
020 of the Municipal Code. The base permit fee is $25 and the permit must be renewed every year, expiring automatically on December 31. Vaping products fall under this same licensing chapter: the city's Appendix A fee schedule lists a distinct $200 annual tobacco sales license fee for electronic cigarettes, alongside separate $200 fees for cigarette and cigar retailers, so a shop selling all three product lines is billed for each one. 050 except inside age-restricted areas of licensed bars, where any machine must carry a lock-out device and cannot sit in an exitway, entranceway or waiting area.
040 prohibits any sale to a person under eighteen, with photo-ID checks required for anyone who appears under twenty-six. 080. A retailer who violates the permit, vending-machine, free-sampling or loose-cigarette rules faces a fine of fifty dollars per day of the offense or suspension of every Board of Health license and permit the business holds, or both.
Violations & Fines
Selling tobacco or e-cigarettes without the Section 8.36.020 permit, running a banned vending machine, or selling loose cigarette packs under twenty sticks draws a fine of fifty dollars per day of the offense, suspension of every Board of Health license the retailer holds, or both. Repeated underage-sale violations under Section 8.36.040 can lead the Board of Health to suspend a permit for six months after four violations, or a full year after five, within a two-year period.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need a separate permit to sell e-cigarettes in Revere?
Can a bar in Revere keep a cigarette vending machine?
What happens if a Revere retailer sells tobacco to a minor?
How much does a Revere tobacco sales permit cost?
Sources & Official References
Other rules in Revere
Compare Revere to another location·View the Massachusetts business licensing & operations overview
See something wrong?
Help us keep this page accurate. If you notice an error or outdated information, let us know.
Tobacco Retail License in Nearby Cities
How other cities in this county handle tobacco retail license.