Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 17026, regular term discounts granted to distributors by manufacturers of cigarettes for cash payment customarily offered to distributors without discrimination may be used to reduce cost.

This section shall not apply to any anticipatory or special discount for cash that may be offered by the manufacturers of cigarettes.

(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 9, Sec. 1. Effective March 4, 1985.)