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Utah House tightens rules for retail tobacco specialty stores, targets shops near schools
Summary
Lawmakers passed Senate Bill 189 to require certain noncompliant retail tobacco specialty stores to relocate (with concessions to move into strip malls), bar employees under 21 from selling tobacco products, and raise fines for violations; sponsor argued the measure protects youth from easy access to vaping products.
The Utah House on March 5 passed substitute Senate Bill 189, an amendment package targeting retail tobacco specialty stores commonly known as vape shops.
Representative Ray, sponsor, told the House the measure addresses a group of retailers that located near schools and, in his view, prey on minors. The bill narrows grandfathering for noncompliant specialty stores and provides a narrowly tailored…
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