North Carolina has not enacted a statewide flavored tobacco or flavored vape ban, and no state law authorizes local governments to ban flavored tobacco products, leaving flavor rules to federal FDA authorization.
Unlike several states that have prohibited menthol cigarettes or flavored e-cigarettes, North Carolina law currently permits the sale of flavored tobacco and vapor products to adults, subject to federal FDA premarket authorization rules. No statute expressly authorizes cities or counties to ban flavored tobacco products, and under North Carolina's Dillon's Rule framework that lack of enabling authority leaves any local flavor ban on shaky legal ground, though municipalities can use zoning and licensing in narrow ways. Federal rules from the FDA prohibit certain flavored cartridge-based e-cigarette products but exempt open-system vape liquids and disposable devices pending premarket review.
Selling flavored products that lack required FDA marketing authorization can result in federal enforcement and seizure; state-level enforcement focuses on age compliance.
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Apex, NC
Apex does not have a code provision specifically prohibiting or permitting artificial turf in residential or commercial landscapes. Where landscape material ...
Apex, NC
Apex does not mandate native plants in private landscapes but actively promotes them. The Town's Plant the Peak program installs native trees on residential ...
Apex, NC
Rainwater harvesting is legal and encouraged in Apex. North Carolina state law prohibits local governments from banning cisterns and rain barrels used for ir...
Apex, NC
Apex UDO Sec. 4.5.6 permits one Accessory Apartment per single-family lot. Attached accessory apartments have no size limit. Detached accessory apartments ar...
Apex, NC
Apex Town Code Sec. 13-62 limits Mobile Food Vendors to (a) private property with written owner permission, (b) Town-owned property with the Town Manager's w...
Apex, NC
Apex Town Code Chapter 13, Article IV (Sec. 13-60 through 13-69.5), adopted by Ordinance 2019-0305-02, requires every Mobile Food Vendor and Transient Food V...
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