North Bergen, New Jersey, has passed an ordinance requiring all tobacco retailers in the township to obtain annual licenses from the health department. The new law aims to strengthen enforcement against the sale of tobacco to minors and will allow the health department to closely monitor all tobacco sales within the community. Retailers found violating the ordinance could face fines of up to $1,000 per violation.
As part of an effort to keep tobacco out of reach for anyone under age 21, North Bergen has passed a law requiring tobacco retailers in the township to be licensed every year by the township’s health department.
If convicted of violating the ordinance, a fine of up to $1,000 may be levied, with each day that the violation continues to exist being considered a separate violation, the ordinance says. Mayor Nicholas Sacco said. “Thanks to our local T.A.S.E. program and the North Bergen Prevention Coalition, we have been able to collect meaningful data that corroborates what towns across the nation already know: our laws are not being enforced effectively. With the passing of this ordinance, our hope is that we are able to deter our young consumers from buying these substances by strengthening the laws that govern the spaces that sell to minors.”The North Bergen T.A.S.E.
The language covers not only cigarettes but also cigars, cigarillos, pipes and e-cigarettes/vaping devices, cartridges and substances with nicotine in them.
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