Relating to flavored vapor products, providing for permit suspension and revocation, and providing civil penalties

This bill prohibits a person including a manufacturer, distributor, distributing agent, subjobber, wholesaler, cigarette vendor, or retailer; a common carrier; or an employee or agent thereof, from fabricating or manufacturing in this state; shipping, importing, transporting, or otherwise bringing into this state; or possessing, transporting, storing, distributing, selling, offering for sale, giving, or otherwise supplying including through delivery sales in this state, flavored vapor products. Flavored vapor product is defined in the bill. Compliance with the bill is a condition of holding any permit under Code chapter 453A (cigarette and tobacco taxes and regulation of alternative nicotine products and vapor products). A permit holder who violates the bill is subject to permit suspension and revocation provisions under the Code chapter. The bill also provides that a person who violates the bill is subject to civil penalties ranging from $200 for a first violation, $500 for a second violation within three years of the first violation, and $1,000 for a third or subsequent violation within three years of the first violation.