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Tobacco and Vapes Under 21

N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-03 — selling tobacco, vapes or kratom to someone under 21 is an infraction

  • Selling, furnishing or procuring tobacco, electronic smoking devices, alternative nicotine products or kratom for anyone under twenty-one is an infraction.
  • Someone eighteen to twenty who buys or possesses them commits a noncriminal offense.
  • Someone fourteen to seventeen who does commits an infraction.
  • Self-service displays are barred outside tobacco specialty stores and permitted machines.
  • N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-03
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  1. N.D.C.C. § 12.1-31-03 — Sale of tobacco, electronic smoking devices, alternative nicotine products, or kratom to an individual under twenty-one years of age and use by an individual under twenty-one years of age prohibited

Legal information, not legal advice. Verified as of October 2026. Applying it to a particular situation is the work of a licensed North Dakota attorney.

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