Vineland, NJ Tobacco & Vaping: Flavored Tobacco Bans (2026)

Section 660-7, added by Ordinance No. 2020-46 in October 2020, bars any retailer, whether acting directly, through an agent or employee, or through a vending machine it owns or that sits in its establishment, from selling, offering for sale, distributing at no or minimum cost, offering with coupons or rebates, or otherwise furnishing any vapor product that has a characterizing flavor. Section 660-6 defines 'characterizing flavor' broadly to include any distinguishable flavor, taste or aroma other than tobacco, naming fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic beverage, herb, mint, menthol, wintergreen or spice as examples, and a product counts as flavored if it is simply advertised or marketed as having that taste or aroma, regardless of actual chemical content.

Enforcement runs through the Health Officer, who may issue a written complaint describing the violation within 90 days of discovery and deliver it personally or by certified mail; the Health Officer may also inspect any premises, record or vehicle as necessary and can request Vineland Police Department assistance if someone obstructs an inspection. Beyond the escalating civil penalties, a licensee's retail electronic smoking establishment license can be suspended for up to three days after a first conviction, and the City may recommend to the State Division of Taxation that a retail dealer's state license be suspended for three years after a third violation, or revoked after a fourth.