WAC 314-10-040: How old do employees have to be to sell and handle cigarettes or tobacco products?

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WACs > Title 314 > Chapter 314-10 > Section 314-10-040

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314-10-030 << 314-10-040 >> 314-10-060

WAC 314-10-040	No agency filings affecting this section since 2003
How old do employees have to be to sell and handle cigarettes or tobacco products?

  (1) Any employee can sell and handle tobacco products when:

     (a) The business has a cigarette retailer's license; or

     (b) The business has registered with the department of revenue; and

     (c) There is a supervising employee who is eighteen years of age or older on the retail premises.

     (2) If someone under fourteen years of age is employed by a retailer, the retailer must comply with the requirements of the department of labor and industries under RCW 26.28.060 and WAC 296-125-018.

     (3) Having an employee under eighteen years of age who handles and sells cigarettes and tobacco products according to subsections (1) and (2) of this section is not:

     (a) Considered "possessing" cigarettes and tobacco products and is therefore not a violation of RCW 70.155.080(1); or

     (b) Considered "giving" the employee cigarettes and tobacco products and is therefore not a violation of RCW 26.28.080.

[Statutory Authority: RCW 66.08.030. 99-03-031, § 314-10-040, filed 1/13/99, effective 2/13/99; 93-23-016, § 314-10-040, filed 11/5/93, effective 12/6/93.]