Last updated: February 3, 2020
Penalties
Sales Restrictions
(e.g., seizure of the product, publication of the violation/violator)
Violations of provisions prohibiting the sale of single cigarettes and vending machine sales are punishable by a fine equivalent to the value of between 250 and 1000 packages of twenty cigarettes of the highest price sold in the country. In addition, the establishment where any of these provisions were violated may be subject to closure, and the products subject to seizure.
Location-based Sales Restrictions
Violations of location-based sales restrictions are punishable by a fine equivalent to the value of between 250 and 1000 packages of twenty cigarettes of the highest price sold in the country. In addition, the establishment where any of these provisions were violated may be subject to closure.
Minimum Retail Package Size
(e.g., seizure of the product, publication of the violation/violator)
A violation of minimum retails package size provisions is punishable by a fine equivalent to the value of between 250 and 1000 packages of twenty cigarettes of the highest price sold in the country. In addition, the establishment where any of these provisions were violated may be subject to closure, and the products subject to seizure.
Minimum Legal Sales Age
A violation of the minimum legal sales age provision is punishable by a fine equivalent to the value of between 250 and 1000 packages of twenty cigarettes of the highest price sold in the country. In addition, the establishment where any of these provisions were violated may be subject to closure.
