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Tobacco paraphernalia means any item designed or marketed for the consumption, use, or preparation of a tobacco product. Tobacco product means: (1) Any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or that contains nicotine or synthetic nicotine that is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to cigarettes, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff or snus, but excluding any product made from or derived from tobacco and approved by the FDA for use in connection with cessation of smoking. (2) Any electronic smoking device; or (3) Any tobacco paraphernalia. Tobacco retailer means any person who sells, offers for sale, or does or offers to exchange for any form of consideration, any tobacco product. Sec. 9.78.030. Prohibited sale of tobacco products. (a) It is unlawful for any person to sell, exchange, give, deliver, gift, loan, furnish or cause or permit to be sold, exchanged, delivered, loaned or otherwise furnished and/or transferred any tobacco product to any person who is under the age of twenty-one (21). (b) Each tobacco product retailer shall display a warning sign having a minimum height of five inches and width of eight inches in a prominent place within the establishment, reading as follows: WARNING IT IS ILLEGAL FOR ANY PERSON TO SELL TOBACCO, E- CIGARETTES AND VAPORIZER PRODUCTS TO ANY PERSON UNDER TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE Sec. 9.78.040. Violations; penalty. Any person who violates any provision of this Chapter shall be subject to the penalty provided in Section 1.28.010 of this Code. Section 2. If any portion of this ordinance is held to be invalid for any reason, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this ordinance. City Council hereby Ordinance No. 1786, Series 2019 Page 3 of 4