California Tobacco 21 Statewide Minimum Age

(a) An enforcing agency may assess civil penalties against any person, firm, or corporation that sells, gives, or in any way furnishes to another person who is under 21 years of age any tobacco, cigarette, cigarette papers, any other instrument or paraphernalia that is designed for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco, tobacco products, or any controlled substance, according to the following schedule: (1) A civil penalty of one thousand dollars ($1,000) to one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500) for the first violation. (2) A civil penalty of two thousand dollars ($2,000) to three thousand dollars ($3,000) for the second violation at the same location within a five-year period. (3) A civil penalty of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to ten thousand dollars ($10,000) for the third violation at the same location within a five-year period.