Table 2.
State-level tobacco 21 policy components passed before 1 July 2019
| State | Hawaii | California | New Jersey | Oregon | Maine | Massachusetts | Virginia | Illinois | Delaware | Arkansas | Vermont | Texas | Maryland | Connecticut | Washington | Utah |
| Prior local policies in effect | 1 | 4 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 237 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Policy prohibition | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Comprehensive tobacco definition | ||||||||||||||||
| Regulates tobacco products | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Regulates ENDS | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x |
| Regulates accessories | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Exempts FDA Cessation | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| Age verification | ||||||||||||||||
| Requires age verification | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| ID appearance age | 27 | 21 | 30 | 27 | 21 | 30 | 30 | 30 | 30 | |||||||
| Signage | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Enforcement | ||||||||||||||||
| Compliance/inspection | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| EA identified | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |
| Age of underage decoy | <21 | <21 | 17–20 | <21 | <21 | 16–20 | <21 | |||||||||
| Justification for inspections | x | x | x | |||||||||||||
| TRL | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| TRL fee* | US$20 | US$265 | US$50 | * | US$50 | US$75 | US$50 | US$100* | US$110 | US$180 | US$30* | US$200* | US$175* | US$20* | ||
| TRL renewal (years) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| EA sets fee | x | |||||||||||||||
| Violation and penalties | ||||||||||||||||
| Retailer monetary fine† ‡ | x † | x | x † | x | x | x † | x ‡ | x ‡ | x † | x † | x † | x ‡ | x | x | x | x † |
| Civil, criminal, or either penalty for retailer | Either | Either | Civil | Civil | Civil | Criminal | Civil | Civil | Civil | Either | Either | Civil | Criminal | Civil | ||
| Sets a minimum fine | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| First penalty fine | US$500 | US$400–US$600 | US$250 | US$500 | US$300 | US$100 | ≤ US$100 | US$200 | US$250 | ≤ US$250 | ≤ US$100 | < US$500 | US$300 | ≤ US$300 | US$200 | ≤ US$500 |
| Second penalty fine | US$500–US$2k | US$900–US$1k | US$500 | US$500 | US$600 | US$200 | ≤ US$200 | US$400 | US$500 | ≤ US$500 | ≤ US$500 | < US$750 | US$1k | ≤US$750 | US$600 | ≤ US$750 |
| Third penalty fine | US$500–US$2k | US$1200–US$1800 | US$1k | US$1k | US$1k | US$300 | ≤ US$500 | US$600 | US$1k | ≤ US$1k | ≤ US$500 | < US$1 k | US$3 k | ≤ US$1000 | US$2k | ≤ US$1 k |
| Fourth+penalties | US$500–US$2k | Fourth: US$3–US4k Fifth: US$5–US$6k |
US$1k | US$1k | US$1k | US$300 | ≤ US$500 | US$800 | US$1k | ≤ US$2k | ≤ US$500 | ≤US$1 k | US$3k | ≤ US$1000 | US$3k | ≤ US$1k |
| Penalty accrual (months) | 60 | 24 | 12 | 48 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 24 | 36 | 24 | ||||||
| TRL suspension/revocation | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | |||
| # Offence/s for TRL suspension§ | Third | First | Fourth§ | Second | Second | Second | Third **§ | Third | Third | Third | ||||||
| # Offences for TRL revocation | Fifth | Second | Fifth | Fourth | Fourth | Fifth | Fourth | |||||||||
| Clerk monetary penalty† | x † | x † | x | x † | x | x | x † | x † | x † | x | x | x | x † | |||
| Education | ||||||||||||||||
| For retailer (R) or public (P) | R | R | R | R | R | P | P | |||||||||
| Additional restriction measures | ||||||||||||||||
| Strengthened tobacco definition | x | x | x | |||||||||||||
| Flavours (excluding mint, tobacco, menthol) | x | x | x | |||||||||||||
| Distance restriction | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| Vending machine access | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||
| Pharmacy sales | x | |||||||||||||||
| Negative components | ||||||||||||||||
| Military exemption | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||
| Grandfathering/phase-in | x | x | x | x | x | |||||||||||
| PUP penalty | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | x | ||||||
| New or expanded pre-emption | x | x | x | x | ||||||||||||
| Adoption date | 19 June 2015 | 4 May 2016 | 21 July 2017 | 9 August 2017 | 2 August 2017 | 27 July 2018 | 21 February 2019 | 8 April 2019 | 17 April 2019 | 16 April 2019 | 16 May 2019 | 7 June 2019 | 13 May 2019 | 18 June 2019 | 5 April 2019 | 25 March 2019 |
| Effective date | 1 January 2016 | 9 June 2016 | 1 November 2017 | 1 January 2018 | 1 July 2018 | 31 December 2018 | 1 July 2019 | 1 July 2019 | 16 July 2019 | 1 September 2019 | 1 September 2019 | 1 September 2019 | 1 October 2019 | 1 October 2019 | 1 January 2020 | 1 July 2020 |
*TRL fee varies per product (eg, tobacco, vapour) or by year (eg, new TRL, renewal); table reports renewal fee for tobacco products.
†Law did not clearly identify if the monetary penalties would be placed on the retailer or the clerk/employee who sold tobacco products to a minor.
‡Retailer may not be held liable if they provide proof that employee was trained about the law.
§Suspension varies if training program exist.
EA, enforcement agency; ENDS, electronic nicotine delivery systems; FDA, Food and Drug Administration; PUP, purchase use or possession; TRL, tobacco retail licence.