California · Penal Code
PEN §308.2: (a) Every person who sells one or more cigarettes, other than in a sealed and properly labeled package, is guilty of an infraction.
Infraction
What this law says, in plain English
Selling cigarettes outside of sealed, properly labeled manufacturer packaging is an infraction.
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(a) Every person who sells one or more cigarettes, other than in a sealed and properly labeled package, is guilty of an infraction. (b) “A sealed and properly labeled package,” as used in this section, means the original packaging or sanitary wrapping of the manufacturer or importer which conforms to federal labeling requirements, including the federal warning label.
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