Subdivision 1.Except in facilities for persons 21 years of age and older.

(a) No person shall offer for sale tobacco or tobacco-related devices, or electronic delivery devices as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, or nicotine or lobelia delivery products as described in section 609.6855, in open displays which are accessible to the public without the intervention of a store employee.

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Terms Used In Minnesota Statutes 461.18

  • Person: may extend and be applied to bodies politic and corporate, and to partnerships and other unincorporated associations. See Minnesota Statutes 645.44

(b) This subdivision shall not apply to retail stores that have an entrance door opening directly to the outside and that derive at least 90 percent of their gross revenue from the sale of tobacco, tobacco-related devices, and electronic delivery devices as defined in section 609.685, subdivision 1, and where the retailer ensures that no person under the age of 21 years is present, or permitted to enter, at any time.

Subd. 2.Vending machine sales prohibited.

No person shall sell tobacco products, electronic delivery devices, or nicotine or lobelia delivery products from vending machines. This subdivision does not apply to vending machines in facilities that cannot be entered at any time by persons under the age of 21 years.

Subd. 3.Federal regulations for cartons, multipacks.

Code of Federal Regulations, title 21, part 1140.16(c), as amended from time to time, is incorporated by reference with respect to cartons and other multipack units.