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Utah Code § 76-9-1104

Providing a cigar, a cigarette, an electronic cigarette product, a nicotine product, or tobacco to a minor

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 173, 2025 General Session

(1)

(a) As used in this section, "provides":

(i) includes selling, giving, furnishing, sending, or causing to be sent; and

(ii) does not include the acts:

(A) of the United States Postal Service or other common carrier when engaged in the business of transporting and delivering packages for others; or

(B) of a person, whether compensated or not, who transports or delivers a package for another person without any reason to know of the package's content.

(b) Terms defined in Sections 76-1-101.5 and 76-9-1101 apply to this section.

(2) Except as provided in Subsection (4), an actor commits providing a cigar, cigarette, electronic cigarette product, nicotine product, or tobacco to a minor if the actor knowingly, intentionally, recklessly, or with criminal negligence provides a tobacco product, an electronic cigarette product, or a nicotine product to an individual who is under 21 years old.

(3) A violation of Subsection (2) is:

(a) a class C misdemeanor on the first offense;

(b) a class B misdemeanor on the second offense; or

(c) a class A misdemeanor on the third or subsequent offense.

(4) This section does not apply to conduct of an employee of a tobacco retailer that is a violation of Section 76-9-1116.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.