Table 1.
Documents Retrieved for Local Regulations Related to Tobacco
| Locale | Focus (code or ordinance number), Year | Status | Applicability to WTS* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allentown | Vending Machines (Ordinances, Article 1160), 1990 |
Active | ||||
| Bethlehem | Vending Machines (Ordinances, Article 1119), 1990 |
Active | ||||
| Erie County | Vending Machines (Local Law No. 4), 1997 | Active | P | O | ||
| Lower Merion |
Vending Machines (Code 90-11.1 – 90- 11.3), 1991 |
Active | ||||
| Point-of-Sale Signage (90-11.4 – 90-11.5), 1994 |
Active | |||||
| Clean Indoor Air (Code 90-44 – 90-49.2), 1987 |
Repealed | P | O | NT | ||
| Montgomery County |
Vending Machines (Public Health Code, 2- 1 - 2-2), 2012 |
Preempted | P | O | ||
| Point-of-Sale Signage (Public Health Code, 2-3), 2012 |
Unclear | O | ||||
| Philadelphia County |
Sale Restrictions (Philadelphia Code 9- 622), 2010 |
Preempted | O | |||
| Vending Machines (Philadelphia Code 9- 2100), 1998 |
Active | P | O | |||
| Clean Indoor Air (Philadelphia Code 10- 602), 2006 |
Active | P | O | NT | ||
| Tobacco Product Tax (Philadelphia Code 19-3700), 2013 |
Active | P | O | |||
| Tobacco Retailer Permit (Philadelphia Code 9-631), 2011 |
Unclear | W | P | O | ||
| Pittsburgh | Vending Machines (Ordinances 601-09), 1990 |
Active | O | |||
| State College | Clean Indoor Air (Ordinance 1185, Section 8), 1987 |
Preempted | P | O | NT | |
| York | Nuisance Abatement (1751.02), 2012 | Unclear | O | |||
| Park Conduct (741.02), 2008 | Active | P | O | |||
*
W = waterpipe or hookah (explicit), P = pipe (implicit), O = “other” product (general), NT = non-tobacco products