New York Public Health Law prohibits the sale of tobacco, vapor, and herbal cigarette products to anyone under twenty-one, and Buffalo retailers must verify identification for any apparently younger purchaser.
NY Public Health Law section 1399-aa, as amended in 2019, sets the minimum age for purchasing cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, electronic cigarettes, vapor products, liquid nicotine, and herbal cigarettes at twenty-one. Buffalo retailers must check government-issued identification for any customer who appears under thirty, post conspicuous age signage, and use age-verification at point of sale. Erie County Department of Health and the NY Department of Health conduct compliance checks, including underage decoy inspections. Internet and mail-order sales to NY addresses must use age-verified shipping carriers.
Selling to anyone under twenty-one can result in fines starting at three hundred dollars, escalating penalties on repeat sales, and loss of the retailer's tobacco registration.
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