# Business Regulation (GBR)

## Title 16. Cigarettes

### Subtitle 6. Fire Safety Performance Standard for Cigarettes

#### Section 16-608

** CONTINGENCY - IN EFFECT - CHAPTER 497 OF 2007 **

(a)

  (1) A manufacturer or other person that knowingly sells or offers for sale cigarettes other than by retail sale in violation of Sec. 16-602 of this subtitle is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each package of cigarettes sold or offered for sale.

  (2) Under this subsection, a total amount of civil penalties imposed on a manufacturer or other person may not exceed $100,000 during any 30-day period.

(b)

  (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this subsection, a retailer, subwholesaler, wholesaler, or other person that knowingly sells cigarettes in violation of Sec. 16-602 of this subtitle is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for each package of cigarettes sold.

  (2) Under this subsection, a total amount of civil penalties imposed on a retailer may not exceed $25,000 during any 30-day period.

  (3) Under this subsection, a total amount of civil penalties imposed on a subwholesaler, wholesaler, or other person may not exceed $100,000 during any  30-day period.

(c) A manufacturer that knowingly makes a false certification under Sec. 16-603 of this subtitle is subject to a civil penalty of at least $75,000 and not exceeding $250,000 for each false certification.

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