HB 4878 Summary

• Raises the legal age to purchase tobacco products, vapor products, alternative nicotine products, and synthetic nicotine products from 18 to 21 years old.

• Adds synthetic nicotine products to the Youth Tobacco Act's prohibitions on sales to minors and requires packaging to display an FDA warning label stating the product is not regulated by the FDA.

• Updates penalties for selling restricted products to minors: first offense up to $100, second offense up to $500, third or subsequent offense up to $2,500.

• Requires retailers selling vapor products to store them behind a counter or in a locked case accessible only to employees, and establishes age verification requirements (photographic ID for in-person sales; third-party age verification for remote sales).

• Takes effect 90 days after enactment and is contingent on House Bill 4251 being enacted into law.