Salt Lake County, UT Business Licensing & Operations: Tobacco Retail License (2026)

21 covers any 'retail tobacco specialty business,' defined by cross-reference to Utah Code §17-50-333, which reaches vape and e-cigarette retailers along with traditional tobacco shops. 040. 040, each applicant must identify the exact street, building and room number of the proposed location, and the license office checks it against county zoning ordinances and against the state's proximity requirements before the license official forwards the application to the mayor for final approval. Critically, subsection (E) blocks issuance or renewal outright until the applicant proves it holds both a valid Salt Lake County Health Department retail tobacco specialty permit and a valid state tax commission license to sell tobacco products; retailers already operating before July 1, 2018 had until January 1, 2019 to get that health permit under (F).

Subsection (G) directs the license office and Health Department to coordinate so no license issues to anyone who will sell tobacco products without the health permit already in hand. R. Part 1140, or violating Utah's controlled substances laws, with the license section working alongside local law enforcement to enforce it.