Connecticut General Statutes 21a-418 – Sale or shipment of electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products directly to a consumer. Requirements
(a) As used in this section:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 21a-418
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Dealer registration: means an electronic nicotine delivery system certificate of dealer registration issued by the Commissioner of Consumer Protection pursuant to this section. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-415
- Electronic nicotine delivery system: means an electronic device used in the delivery of nicotine or other substances to a person inhaling from the device, and includes, but is not limited to, an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe or electronic hookah and any related device and any cartridge or other component of such device, including, but not limited to, electronic cigarette liquid. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-415
- Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
- Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
- Vapor product: means any product that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit or other electronic, chemical or mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, to produce a vapor that may include nicotine and is inhaled by the user of such product. See Connecticut General Statutes 21a-415
(1) “Person” means any individual, firm, fiduciary, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, trust or association, however formed;
(2) “Electronic nicotine delivery system” has the same meaning as provided in § 21a-415; and
(3) “Vapor product” has the same meaning as provided in § 21a-415.
(b) A person with an electronic nicotine delivery system certificate of dealer registration, when selling and shipping an electronic nicotine delivery system or a vapor product directly to a consumer in the state, shall: (1) Ensure that the shipping labels on all containers of an electronic nicotine delivery system or vapor product shipped directly to a consumer in the state conspicuously states the following: “CONTAINS AN ELECTRONIC NICOTINE DELIVERY SYSTEM OR VAPOR PRODUCT-SIGNATURE OF A PERSON AGE 21 OR OLDER REQUIRED FOR DELIVERY”; and (2) obtain the signature of a person age twenty-one or older at the shipping address prior to delivery, after requiring the signer to demonstrate that he or she is age twenty-one or older by providing a valid motor vehicle operator’s license or a valid identity card described in § 1-1h.