(1)  Except as provided in Subsection (3), a person licensed under Section 59-14-202 may not barter, sell, exchange, or offer for sale cigarettes:

Terms Used In Utah Code 59-14-210

  • Cigarette: means a roll made wholly or in part of tobacco:
(a) regardless of:
(i) the size of the roll;
(ii) the shape of the roll;
(iii) whether the tobacco is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient; or
(iv) whether the tobacco is heated or burned; and
(b) if the roll has a wrapper or cover that is made of paper or any other substance or material except tobacco. See Utah Code 59-14-102
  • manufacturer: means a person that:
    (i) manufactures, fabricates, assembles, processes, or labels a finished cigarette; or
    (ii) makes, modifies, mixes, manufactures, fabricates, assembles, processes, labels, repackages, relabels, or imports an electronic cigarette product or a nicotine product. See Utah Code 59-14-102
  • Person: means :Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Stamp: means the indicia required to be placed on a cigarette package that evidences payment of the tax on cigarettes required by Section 59-14-205. See Utah Code 59-14-102
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • Tobacco product: includes :
    (i) a cigarette produced from a cigarette rolling machine;
    (ii) a little cigar; or
    (iii) moist snuff. See Utah Code 59-14-102
  • United States: includes each state, district, and territory of the United States of America. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
  • (a)  in a package which:

    (i)  bears a statement, label, stamp, sticker, or other notice that the manufacturer did not intend the cigarettes to be sold, distributed, or used in the United States, including the following and similar notices:

    (A)  “For Export Only”;

    (B)  “U.S. Tax-Exempt”; and

    (C)  “For Use Outside the U.S.”; or

    (ii)  does not comply with federal law, including 15 U.S.C. § 1333 of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act, regarding warning labels and other package information;

    (b)  imported to the United States in violation of 26 U.S.C. § 5754;

    (c)  the licensee knows or has reason to know were not manufactured for sale, distribution, or use in the United States;

    (d)  for which a list of added ingredients has not been submitted to the federal Department of Health and Human Services pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1335a of the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act; or

    (e)  known by the licensee to be otherwise in violation of other related federal law.
  • (2)  A person licensed under Section 59-14-202 may not barter, sell, exchange, or offer for sale cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer that is prohibited from selling cigarettes to consumers within the state under Subsection 59-22-203(3)(c).

    (3)  Subsection (1) does not apply to cigarettes sold or intended to be sold as duty-free merchandise by a duty-free sales enterprise in accordance with the provisions of 19 U.S.C. § 1555(b) and any implementing regulations unless the cigarettes are brought back into the customs territory for resale within the customs territory.

    Amended by Chapter 52, 2002 General Session