THE PURCHASE OF CIGARETTES, TOBACCO PRODUCTS, TOBACCO RELATED OBJECTS, ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS, OR VAPOR PRODUCTS FROM THIS VENDING MACHINE BY ANY INDIVIDUAL UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE IS PROHIBITED BY LAW.”
History. Code 1981, § 16-12-173 , enacted by Ga. L. 1987, p. 945, § 1; Ga. L. 1993, p. 343, § 4; Ga. L. 2007, p. 497, § 2/SB 95; Ga. L. 2014, p. 130, § 4/HB 251; Ga. L. 2020, p. 257, § 1/SB 375.
The 2020 amendment, effective July 22, 2020, substituted “Any person that” for “Any person who” twice in subsection (a) and once in subsection (b); substituted “ANY INDIVIDUAL UNDER 21 YEARS” for “ANY PERSON UNDER 18 YEARS” in paragraph (a)(1); inserted “that” in the proviso of subsection (b); substituted “an individual under the age of 21 years” for “a minor” in subsections (c) and (d); substituted “individuals under the age of 21 years” for “minors” in subparagraph (e)(1)(A) and division (e)(1)(A)(ii); inserted “in” in subparagraph (e)(1)(B); and deleted “for violation of subsection (a) of this Code section” following “section” at the end of paragraph (e)(2).