Pen. Code, § 308.2 · Chapter 7. Of Crimes Against Religion and Conscience, and Other Offenses Against Good Morals
Pen. Code, § 308.2
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) Every person who sells one or more cigarettes, other than in a sealed and properly labeled package, is guilty of an infraction.
(b) “A sealed and properly labeled package,” as used in this section, means the original packaging or sanitary wrapping of the manufacturer or importer which conforms to federal labeling requirements, including the federal warning label.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 1231, Sec. 1.
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- https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes_displaySection.xhtml?lawCode=PEN§ionNum=308.2.
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