South Dakota Codified Laws
Chapter 46 - Regulation Of Sales And Distribution Of Tobacco Products
Section 34-46-2 - Unlawful actions.

34-46-2. Unlawful actions.
The following actions are unlawful:
(1)To knowingly sell or distribute a tobacco product to a person under the age of twenty-one;
(2)To purchase or attempt to purchase, to receive or attempt to receive, to possess, or to consume a tobacco product if a person is under the age of twenty-one;
(3)To purchase a tobacco product on behalf of, or to give a tobacco product to, any person under the age of twenty-one;
(4)To sell cigarettes other than in an unopened package originating with the manufacturer and depicting the warning labels required by federal law;
(5)To sell tobacco products through a vending machine located in a place other than a place that is open to the public but to which persons under the age of twenty-one are denied access at all times;
(6)To sell cigarettes or smokeless tobacco, or both, through a self-service display other than a display that is:
(a)A vending machine permitted under subdivision (5) of this section; or
(b)Located in a tobacco speciality store; or
(7)To distribute tobacco product samples in or on a public street, sidewalk, or park that is within five hundred feet of a playground, school, or other facility when the facility is being used primarily by persons under the age of twenty-one.

Source: SL 1994, ch 280, §2; SL 1997, ch 206, §1; SL 1998, ch 215, §1; SL 2007, ch 199, §1; SL 2009, ch 170, §2; SL 2020, ch 148, § 1.

Structure South Dakota Codified Laws

South Dakota Codified Laws

Title 34 - Public Health and Safety

Chapter 46 - Regulation Of Sales And Distribution Of Tobacco Products

Section 34-46-1 - Definition of terms.

Section 34-46-2 - Unlawful actions.

Section 34-46-2.2 - Merchants--Notice requirement--Contents.

Section 34-46-3 - Unannounced, random inspections--Persons enlisted--Requirements.

Section 34-46-4 - Annual reports to federal government.

Section 34-46-5 - Violation as misdemeanor--Complete defense.

Section 34-46-5.1 - Limit on violations during unannounced random inspections.

Section 34-46-6 - Uniform regulation and implementation.

Section 34-46-7 - Creation of tobacco prevention and reduction program.

Section 34-46-9 - Department to develop tobacco prevention and reduction plan--Responsibilities of department.

Section 34-46-10 - Tobacco prevention and reduction plan--Programs or grants.

Section 34-46-12 - Tobacco prevention and reduction trust fund.

Section 34-46-13 - Definition of terms used in §§ 34-46-13 to 34-46-19.

Section 34-46-14 - Smoking in public or place of employment prohibited--Petty offense.

Section 34-46-15 - Person controlling public place or place of employment to inform violators--Petty offense.

Section 34-46-16 - Inapplicability to private residences unless used for day care.

Section 34-46-17 - Posted smoking rooms permitted in hotels and lodging establishments.

Section 34-46-18 - Smoking permitted in certain licensed establishments where alcohol sold.

Section 34-46-19 - Smoking permitted in certain retail tobacco stores.

Section 34-46-20 - Tobacco product includes vapor product.

Section 34-46-21 - Sale of vapor product outside package or through self-service display prohibited--Exception--Violation as misdemeanor.