Tobacco retailers in Thousand Oaks must hold a California Cigarette and Tobacco Products License, comply with the statewide flavored-tobacco ban (SB 793), and meet Tobacco 21 age rules. The City has no separate retail license program.
Thousand Oaks relies on the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA) Cigarette and Tobacco Products Licensing Act for retailer registration; an annual state license is required for every location selling cigarettes, cigars, vape products, or other tobacco. Statewide rules ban most flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes (Health & Safety Code §104559.5, voter-affirmed via Proposition 31, 2022) and set the minimum sales age at 21 (federal Tobacco 21 plus CA SBX2-7). Local zoning restricts new tobacco retailers from clustering near K-12 schools. Code Compliance and CDTFA conduct compliance checks; sales to minors are also prosecuted under Penal Code §308.
Sales to minors, flavored-tobacco sales, and unlicensed retail trigger CDTFA fines starting at $250 plus state license suspension and possible criminal charges under Penal Code §308.
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