Rhode Island General Laws 11-9-14.1. Compliance with federal statutes and regulations
The provisions of §§ 11-9-13, 11-9-13.1, 11-9-13.4, 11-9-13.6, 11-9-13.7, 11-9-13.8, 11-9-13.10, 11-9-13.11, and 11-9-13.12 shall be interpreted so as not to be less restrictive than the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 387 et seq., including 21 U.S.C. § 387f(d), or than Section 1926 of the federal Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26, or than any regulation promulgated or updated by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services arising from the acts; so as to comply with the provisions of the acts and related regulations in regard to prohibiting the sale of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under the age of twenty-one (21) years; and so that the state may maintain qualification for federal funding regarding tobacco, the use and cessation of tobacco, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products. Nothing herein shall prohibit the state from enacting a statute or promulgating a regulation that is more restrictive than any provision of 21 U.S.C. § 387 et seq., or any provision of 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26.
History of Section.
P.L. 2021, ch. 204, § 2, effective July 7, 2021; P.L. 2021, ch. 205, § 2, effective July 7, 2021.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-9-14.1
- Electronic nicotine-delivery system: means an electronic device that may be used to simulate smoking in the delivery of nicotine or other substance to a person inhaling from the device, and includes, but is not limited to, an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic little cigars, electronic pipe, or electronic hookah, "heat not burn products" e-liquids, e-liquid products, or any related device and any cartridge or other component of such device. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-9-13.4
- Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
- United States: include the several states and the territories of the United States. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-8