Walnut Creek Municipal Code Art. 2 Minor's Access to Tobacco Products and Promotional Items

No manufacturer, distributor, or retailer of tobacco products may market, license, distribute, sell, or cause to be marketed, licensed, distributed or sold any item (other than tobacco products) or service to a minor, which bears the brand name (alone or in conjunction with any other word), logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable color or pattern of colors, or any other indicia or product identification identical with, or similar to, or identifiable with, those used for any brand of tobacco product.

(§ 1, Ord. 1942, eff. 4/1/1999)

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to sell, permit to be sold, offer for sale, or display for sale any tobacco product by means of a self-service display, rack, counter-top or shelf that allows any self-service customer access to any tobacco product.

(b) All tobacco products shall be offered for sale exclusively by means of seller assistance. Tobacco products shall be located exclusively in a locked case, located behind counters out of reach from customers, or in a similar location that is inaccessible to customers, requiring seller assistance for the customer to obtain access to the tobacco products.

(c) A locked vestibule that prevents access to tobacco products until the seller permits entry shall be deemed to meet the requirements of subsection (b).

(§ 1, Ord. 1942, eff. 4/1/1999; § 1, Ord. 1953, eff. 11/4/1999)