Long Beach requires every tobacco and electronic cigarette retailer to hold a city tobacco retailer license under LBMC Chapter 5.40 in addition to the state license, with annual fees, density caps in some areas, and mandatory youth-decoy compliance checks.
LBMC Chapter 5.40 establishes a Tobacco Retailer License (TRL) program separate from the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration cigarette and tobacco license. Long Beach licenses must be renewed annually, posted at the point of sale, and are nontransferable to new owners or locations. The Health Department conducts regular youth-decoy compliance checks where minors attempt to purchase tobacco; failures generate progressive penalties from fines to license suspension. Smoke shops and vape shops are also subject to business licensing under LBMC Title 5 and zoning rules that may include sensitive-use buffers around schools.
Selling tobacco or vapor products without a valid Long Beach TRL, or failing a youth-decoy check, can result in suspensions of thirty days to one year, fines, and forfeiture of inventory in extreme cases.
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