Kentucky requires retailers selling vapor products to hold a state tobacco retail license under KRS 438; Lexington adds a local occupational license, and LFUCG's smoke-free ordinance bans vaping in workplaces and public buildings.
KRS Chapter 438 requires every retailer selling tobacco or vapor products in Kentucky to obtain a state tobacco retail license through the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control, which administers compliance checks. Lexington layers a city occupational license under LFUCG Code Chapter 13. The 2003 LFUCG Smoke-Free ordinance, expanded in 2017 to include e-cigarettes, prohibits vaping in workplaces, restaurants, bars, and public buildings, treating vapor on par with tobacco smoke. Vape shops with adults-only access can permit on-site sampling, but general retailers cannot. State Department for Public Health enforces nicotine product registration; PMTA-noncompliant flavored disposables remain a federal enforcement priority.
Selling vapor products without state and local retail licenses, or allowing on-site vaping outside an approved adults-only retail tobacco specialty shop, can trigger license suspension and LFUCG civil fines.
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