HB 2357 Summary

• Expands the definition of "tobacco products" to include electronic smoking devices, their components, accessories, and liquids used in them, with exceptions for FDA-approved drugs and devices.

• Requires retailers selling electronic smoking devices by mail, delivery, internet, telephone or other electronic methods to use a third-party age verification service and register with the attorney general's office.

• Mandates warning labels on shipping containers for electronic smoking devices stating Arizona law prohibits sales to persons under 18 and requires payment of applicable taxes.

• Extends smoking prohibitions under the Smoke-free Arizona Act to include electronic smoking devices and heated tobacco products in public places and places of employment.

• Amends various Arizona statutes to include electronic smoking devices within tobacco product regulations, including restrictions on sales to minors and delivery sale prohibitions.