1     
ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE REQUIREMENTS

2     
2024 GENERAL SESSION

3     
STATE OF UTAH

4     
Chief Sponsor: Judy Weeks Rohner

5     
Senate Sponsor: ____________

6     

7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill codifies the nicotine content limit for electronic cigarettes.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     codifies the nicotine content limit for electronic cigarettes.
13     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
14          None
15     Other Special Clauses:
16          None
17     Utah Code Sections Affected:
18     AMENDS:
19          26B-7-505, as renumbered and amended by Laws of Utah 2023, Chapter 308
20     

21     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
22          Section 1. Section 26B-7-505 is amended to read:
23          26B-7-505. Electronic cigarette products -- Labeling -- Requirements to sell --
24     Advertising -- Labeling of nicotine products containing nicotine.
25          (1) The department shall, in consultation with a local health department and with input
26     from members of the public, establish by rule made in accordance with Title 63G,
27     Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the requirements to sell an electronic
28     cigarette substance that is not a manufacturer sealed electronic cigarette substance regarding:
29          (a) labeling;
30          [(b) nicotine content;]
31          [(c)] (b) packaging; and
32          [(d)] (c) product quality.
33          (2) On or before January 1, 2021, the department shall, in consultation with a local
34     health department and with input from members of the public, establish by rule made in
35     accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, the requirements
36     to sell a manufacturer sealed electronic cigarette product regarding:
37          (a) labeling;
38          [(b) nicotine content;]
39          [(c)] (b) packaging; and
40          [(d)] (c) product quality.
41          (3) Beginning on May 1, 2024:
42          (a) a substance described in Subsection (1) may not exceed:
43          (i) 360 milligrams per container; or
44          (ii) a nicotine concentration of 24 milligrams per milliliter; and
45          (b) a product described in Subsection (2) may not exceed:
46          (i) 3% nicotine by weight per container; or
47          (ii) a nicotine concentration of 36 milligrams per milliliter.
48          [(3)] (4) (a) A person may not sell an electronic cigarette substance unless the
49     electronic cigarette substance complies with the requirements established by the department
50     under Subsection (1).
51          (b) Beginning on July 1, 2021, a person may not sell a manufacturer sealed electronic
52     cigarette product unless the manufacturer sealed electronic cigarette product complies with the
53     requirements established by the department under Subsection (2).
54          [(4)] (5) (a) A local health department may not enact a rule or regulation regarding
55     electronic cigarette substance labeling, nicotine content, packaging, or product quality that is
56     not identical to the requirements established by the department under Subsections (1) and (2).
57          (b) Except as provided in Subsection [(4)(c)] (5)(c), a local health department may
58     enact a rule or regulation regarding electronic cigarette substance manufacturing.
59          (c) A local health department may not enact a rule or regulation regarding a
60     manufacturer sealed electronic cigarette product.
61          [(5)] (6) A person may not advertise an electronic cigarette product as a tobacco
62     cessation device.
63          [(6)] (7) (a) Any nicotine product shall contain the statement described in Subsection
64     (7)(b) if the nicotine product:
65          [(a)] (i) [(i)] (A) is not a tobacco product as defined in 21 U.S.C. Sec. 321 and related
66     federal regulations; or
67          [(ii)] (B) is not otherwise required under federal or state law to contain a nicotine
68     warning; and
69          [(b)] (ii) contains nicotine.
70          [(7)] (b) A statement shall appear on the exterior packaging of a nicotine product
71     described in Subsection [(6)] (7)(a) as follows:
72          "This product contains nicotine."
73          Section 2. Effective date.
74          This bill takes effect on May 1, 2024.