Pleasanton Municipal Code Art. IV Minimum Package Size and Prices for Tobacco Products

A. Packaging and Labeling. No tobacco retailer or tobacco store may sell any tobacco product to any consumer unless such product:

1. Is sold in the original manufacturer's packaging intended for sale to consumers; and

2. Conforms to all applicable federal labeling requirements.

B. Display of Price. The price of each tobacco product offered for sale must be clearly and conspicuously displayed to indicate the price of the product.

C. Prohibition of Tobacco Product Coupons and Discounts. No tobacco retailer or tobacco store may:

1. Honor or redeem, or offer to honor or redeem, a coupon to allow a consumer to purchase a tobacco product for less than the full retail price;

2. Sell any tobacco product to a consumer through a multi-package discount or otherwise provide any such product to a consumer for less than the full retail price in consideration for the purchase of any tobacco product or any other item; or

3. Provide any free or discounted item to a consumer in consideration for the purchase of any tobacco product.

D. Minimum Package Size for Little Cigars. No tobacco retailer or tobacco store may sell to a consumer any little cigar unless it is sold in a package of at least 20 little cigars.

E. Minimum Package Sizes and Prices for Cigarettes, Little Cigars, and Cigars. No tobacco retailer or tobacco store may sell to a consumer:

1. Cigarettes at a price that is less than $8.00 per package of 20 cigarettes, plus sales tax;

2. Little cigars at a price less that is less than $8.00 per package of 20 little cigars, plus sales tax;

3. Cigars at a price that is less than $8.00 per package of five cigars, plus sales tax; or

4. An individual cigar at a price that is less than $7.00 for an individual cigar, plus sales tax.

F. Consumer Price Index Adjustment. The minimum prices in subsection E above, shall be adjusted July 1st of each year beginning in 2022 based on Consumer Price Index for all urban users for all items for the San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward statistical area as reported by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics or successor index. Adjustments made on percent change based on the annual average with base of June 2020 in $0.25 increments.

(Ord. 2208 § 3, 2020)