Florida Statutes
Part I - Tobacco Products (Ss. 569.002-569.23)
569.002 - Definitions.


(1) “Dealer” is synonymous with the term “retail tobacco products dealer.”
(2) “Division” means the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation.
(3) “Nicotine product” has the same meaning as provided in s. 569.31(4).
(4) “Nicotine dispensing device” has the same meaning as provided in s. 569.31(3).
(5) “Permit” is synonymous with the term “retail tobacco products dealer permit.”
(6) “Retail tobacco products dealer” means the holder of a retail tobacco products dealer permit.
(7) “Retail tobacco products dealer permit” means a permit issued by the division pursuant to s. 569.003.
(8) “Tobacco products” includes loose tobacco leaves, and products made from tobacco leaves, in whole or in part, and cigarette wrappers, which can be used for smoking, sniffing, or chewing.
(9) “Any person under the age of 21” does not include any person under the age of 21 who:
(a) Is in the military reserve or on active duty in the Armed Forces of the United States; or
(b) Is acting in his or her scope of lawful employment with an entity licensed under the provisions of chapter 210 or this part.

History.—s. 2, ch. 92-285; s. 222, ch. 94-218; s. 4, ch. 97-162; s. 1, ch. 98-172; s. 6, ch. 2021-14.

Structure Florida Statutes

Florida Statutes

Title XXXIV - Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco

Chapter 569 - Tobacco and Nicotine Products

Part I - Tobacco Products (Ss. 569.002-569.23)

569.002 - Definitions.

569.0025 - Preemption.

569.003 - Retail tobacco products dealer permits; application; qualifications; fees; renewal; duplicates.

569.004 - Consent to inspection and search without warrant.

569.005 - Operating without a retail tobacco products dealer permit; penalty.

569.006 - Retail tobacco products dealers; administrative penalties.

569.007 - Sale or delivery of tobacco products; restrictions.

569.0073 - Special provisions; smoking pipes and smoking devices.

569.0075 - Gift of sample tobacco products prohibited.

569.008 - Responsible retail tobacco products dealers; qualifications; mitigation of disciplinary penalties; diligent management and supervision; presumption.

569.009 - Rulemaking authority.

569.101 - Selling, delivering, bartering, furnishing, or giving tobacco products to persons under 21 years of age; criminal penalties; defense.

569.11 - Possession, misrepresenting age or military service to purchase, and purchase of tobacco products by persons under 21 years of age prohibited; penalties; jurisdiction; disposition of fines.

569.12 - Jurisdiction; tobacco product and nicotine product enforcement officers or agents; enforcement.

569.14 - Posting of a sign stating that the sale of tobacco products or nicotine products to persons under 21 years of age is unlawful; enforcement; penalty.

569.19 - Annual report.

569.21 - Expenditure of tobacco settlement proceeds.

569.215 - Confidential records relating to tobacco settlement agreement.

569.23 - Security requirements for tobacco settlement agreement signatories, successors, parents, and affiliates.