Jacksonville, FL Tobacco & Vaping: Vape Retail Rules (2026)

There is no City of Jacksonville tobacco or vape retailer license, and the city has no legal authority to enact one. Under Fla. Stat. Section 569.0025, the Florida Legislature has expressly preempted to the state the establishment of the minimum age for purchasing or possessing, and the regulation for the marketing, sale, or delivery of, tobacco products. Section 569.315 contains parallel preemption language for nicotine products and nicotine dispensing devices, including electronic cigarettes. To sell tobacco products at retail in Jacksonville, a business must hold a state-issued Retail Tobacco Products Dealer Permit under Fla. Stat. Section 569.003, applied for through the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco (ABT). Nicotine product retailers must hold a state Retail Nicotine Products Dealer Permit under Section 569.31. Florida law sets a uniform minimum sales age of 21 statewide, and the ABT enforces underage sales and licensing compliance. Jacksonville may still apply lawful zoning to where tobacco/vape retailers locate, and Jacksonville Beach (separate municipality) has banned use of tobacco/vapor products on the beach itself, but the City of Jacksonville cannot impose a separate retailer license, flavor ban, or stricter age rule.