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76-9-1102
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Nicotine Product Advertising Amendments
2026 GENERAL SESSION
STATE OF UTAH
Chief Sponsor: Doug Fiefia
Senate Sponsor:
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General Description:
This bill amends provisions related to cigarette or tobacco advertising.
Highlighted Provisions:
This bill:
prohibits advertising of electronic cigarette products and nicotine products in certain
locations.
Money Appropriated in this Bill:
None
Other Special Clauses:
None
Utah Code Sections Affected:
AMENDS:
76-9-1102
, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2025, Chapter 173
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
Section 1. Section
76-9-1102
is amended to read:
76-9-1102
. Cigarette or tobacco advertising violation.
(1)
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 cigarette or tobacco advertising
violation if the actor displays on a billboard, streetcar sign, streetcar, bus, placard, or on
any other object or place of display, an advertisement of cigarettes,
electronic cigarette
products,
cigarette papers, cigars, chewing tobacco,
nicotine products,
or smoking
tobacco or any disguise or substitute of cigarettes, cigarette papers, tobacco, or cigars.
(3)
A violation of Subsection
(2)
is a class B misdemeanor.
(4)
(a)
A dealer of cigarettes,
electronic cigarette products,
cigarette papers, tobacco,
cigars,
nicotine products,
or a substitute for cigarettes, cigarette papers, tobacco, or
cigars may have a sign on the front of the dealer's place of business stating that the
dealer is a dealer of cigarettes,
electronic cigarette products,
cigarette papers,
tobacco, cigars,
nicotine products,
or a substitute for cigarettes, cigarette papers,
tobacco, or cigars.
(b)
This section does not prohibit the advertisement of an item listed in Subsection
(4)(a)
in a newspaper, magazine or periodical printed or circulating in this state.
Section 2.
Effective Date.
This bill takes effect on
May 6, 2026
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1-9-26 12:26 PM