# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 16. Cigarettes

### Subtitle 2. Cigarette Business Licenses

#### Section 16-209

(a) A licensee shall display a license in the way that the Executive Director requires by regulation.

(b) A licensee who sells cigarettes through a vending machine:

  (1) shall place each package of cigarettes in the machine so that when the package is visible the tax stamps required by Sec. 12-304 of the Tax - General Article are also visible; and

  (2) in the way that the Executive Director requires by regulation, shall:

    (i) identify each vending machine with a conspicuous label that states the licensee's name, address, and telephone number; and

    (ii) display on a conspicuous label applicable prohibitions and penalties under Sec. 10-107 of the Criminal Law Article.

(c)

  (1) A licensee shall post a sign in a location that is clearly visible to the consumer that states:

  "No person under the age of 21 may be sold tobacco products".

  (2) The sign required under this subsection shall be written in letters at least one-half inch high.

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Md. Code Ann., Bus. Reg. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)