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<section number="12-202" name="Unlawful distribution" law="code" slug="sec-12-202" node_id="PTIITI17PULOLAPRGECOMA_SUBTITLE_12HE_DIV9ENHE_S12-202UNDI">
  <level label="a">
    <text>An owner or an employee shall not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Distribute any tobacco product or electronic cigarette to a minor, unless the minor is acting solely as the agent of the minor's employer who is engaged in the business of distributing tobacco products or electronic cigarettes;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Distribute cigarette rolling papers to a minor; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>Distribute to a minor a coupon redeemable for tobacco products or electronic cigarettes.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A person, who is not an owner, shall not:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>Buy for or sell to a minor any tobacco product or electronic cigarette; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Buy for or sell to a minor cigarette rolling papers.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This Section does not apply to the distribution of a coupon which is redeemable for any tobacco product or electronic cigarette when the coupon is contained in a newspaper, a magazine, or any other type of publication in which the coupon is incidental to the primary purpose of the publication, or sent through the mail.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A person has not violated this Section if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The person examined a driver's license or another valid identification issued by an employer, a governmental entity, or an institution of higher education; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The license or other identification identified the buyer or recipient of a tobacco product or electronic cigarette as being at least 18 years old.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>If a minor bought a tobacco product from a vending machine, this Section does not apply to the owner of the vending machine or any other person with control over the vending machine.</text>
  </level>
</section>
