(a)
(1) Any wholesaler may advertise, offer to sell, or sell cigarettes at a price made in good faith to meet the price of a competitor who is rendering the same type of service and is selling the same article at cost to the competing wholesaler as defined by this subchapter.
(2) Any retailer may advertise, offer to sell, or sell cigarettes at a price made in good faith to meet the price of a competitor who is selling the same article at cost to the competing retailer as defined in this subchapter.
(b) The price of cigarettes advertised, offered for sale, or sold under the exceptions specified in § 4-75-703 shall not be considered the price of a competitor and shall not be used as a basis for establishing prices below cost, nor shall the price established at a bankrupt sale be considered the price of a competitor within the purview of this section.
(c) In the absence of proof of the actual cost to the competing wholesaler or to the competing retailer, as the case may be, the cost may be presumed to be the lowest cost to wholesalers or the lowest cost to retailers, as the case may be, within the same trading area as determined by a cost survey made pursuant to § 4-75-711(b).
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 4 - Business and Commercial Law
Subtitle 6 - Business Practices
Subchapter 7 - Unfair Cigarette Sales Act
§ 4-75-703. Sales excepted from subchapter
§ 4-75-704. Transactions permitted to meet lawful competition
§ 4-75-705. Contracts in violation of subchapter void
§ 4-75-706. Director of Arkansas Tobacco Control — Powers and duties
§ 4-75-707. Permit requirement
§ 4-75-708. Sales at less than cost, rebates, concessions, etc. — Penalty
§ 4-75-710. Sales by a wholesaler to a wholesaler
§ 4-75-711. Determination of cost generally — Cost surveys
§ 4-75-712. Determination of cost — Sales outside ordinary channels of business