Saint Paul, MN Tobacco & Vaping: Flavored Tobacco Bans (2026)

03(5) to include tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices (vapes), or nicotine/lobelia products carrying any taste or smell other than tobacco, expressly naming menthol, mint, wintergreen, chocolate, cocoa, vanilla, honey, fruit, candy, dessert, alcoholic beverage, herb, or spice flavors. A manufacturer's own marketing claim that a product tastes or smells like something other than tobacco counts as presumptive evidence it's a banned flavored product. The ban reaches every ordinary tobacco shop and every general retailer holding a standard tobacco license. 07(l)(3): retail stores that hold a tobacco products shop license, the license class that must derive at least 90 percent of its revenue from licensed tobacco products, bar anyone under 21 from entering, be accessible only through an exterior door, and staff at least one dedicated employee at all times, may still sell and offer flavored tobacco products.

04(b)(1), compared to up to 100 ordinary tobacco shop licenses that cannot sell flavored product. 10, which can mean license suspension or revocation on top of any criminal penalty.