California SB 7 and federal Tobacco 21 law prohibit Thousand Oaks tobacco retailers from selling cigarettes, vapes, and tobacco products to anyone under twenty-one years old. ID checks required.
California Senate Bill 7, effective June 2016, raised the legal tobacco purchase age to twenty-one statewide, ahead of the federal Tobacco 21 law that became effective December 2019. Thousand Oaks tobacco retailers must verify age via government-issued photo ID for any customer appearing under thirty. The law covers cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, e-cigarettes, vape devices, and nicotine pouches. Active military personnel exemptions in earlier law were eliminated. Ventura County Public Health conducts compliance check operations including youth decoy purchases. Repeat sellers risk license suspension and administrative fines escalating per violation.
Selling tobacco to under-21 customers triggers fines from four hundred to six thousand dollars per violation under Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act, plus potential ABC license consequences.
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