Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Act 2024

Prohibition on sale of nicotine inhaling products to child

5. The Act of 2023 is amended by the substitution of the following section for section 28:

“28. (1) A person shall not sell by retail, or cause to be sold by retail, a nicotine inhaling product to a child.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an offence.

(3) In proceedings against a person for an offence under subsection (2), it shall be a defence for such person to prove that the child to whom the alleged offence relates produced to him or her—

(a) an age card,

(b) a passport, or

(c) a driving licence,

for the time being in force, relating to that child.”.