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Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 3992 (November 24, 2025)

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Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee statement to [First Reprint] Assembly, No. 3992 with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated November 24, 2025. The committee reports favorably and with committee amendments Assembly Bill No. 3992 (1R), which increases penalties for certain prohibited sales of tobacco and vapor products to persons under 21 years of age. The statement says fines would rise from not less than $250 to $750 for the first violation, from not less than $500 to $1,500 for the second, and from $1,000 to $3,000 for the third and each subsequent violation. It says five percent of penalties recovered are to go to the Department of Health for educational programs and outreach.

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“Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and Agriculture Committee Statement to Assembly, No. 3992 (November 24, 2025).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2025-11-24-ace-a3992-s2-677bf67a15/, SHA-256 ea492858002e3f596eb53eeb15e45e5d20e9a81a6fd286ebcc1df25dcc1ac303.

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ASSEMBLY COMMERCE, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
           AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE

                          STATEMENT TO

                              [First Reprint]
                     ASSEMBLY, No. 3992
                         with committee amendments



       STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                         DATED: NOVEMBER 24, 2025

          The Assembly Commerce, Economic Development and
      Agriculture Committee reports favorably and with committee
      amendments Assembly Bill No. 3992 (1R).
          As amended, this bill increases the penalties for certain prohibited
      sales of tobacco and vapor products.
          The bill amends current law to revise the prohibition on the sale of
      tobacco to persons under the age of 21. Under the bill, no retailer is to
      sell to a person under 21 years of age any “tobacco product,” which is
      defined in the bill to mean: any product containing, made of, or
      derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human
      consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether inhaled, absorbed,
      or ingested by other means, including, but not limited to, a cigarette,
      cigar, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, or snus; any vapor
      product; and any component, part, or accessory of a product
      containing, made of, or derived from tobacco or nicotine or a vapor
      product, regardless of whether the component, part, or accessory
      contains tobacco or nicotine. “Tobacco product” includes, but is not
      limited to, filters, rolling papers, blunt or hemp wraps, hookahs, and
      pipes. “Tobacco product” does not include any drug, device, or
      combination product approved by the federal Food and Drug
      Administration pursuant to the “Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
      Act,” 21 U.S.C. s.301 et seq.
          The bill increases fines for a violation of the above prohibition
      from not less than $250 to $750 for the first violation, from not less
      than $500 to $1,500 for the second violation, and from $1,000 to
      $3,000 for the third and each subsequent violation. Five percent of the
      penalties recovered under the bill are to be transferred to the
      Department of Health and are to be used by the department to fund
      educational programs and outreach initiatives to inform the public,
      retailers, and minors of the dangers of vapor products and the
      consequences of selling or using vapor products illegally. The bill
      further specifies that penalties for certain violations of the law
      concerning the sale and public use of tobacco products and vapor
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products be paid to the entity responsible for enforcement for the
municipality in which the violation occurs.
    The bill provides that the Office of Tobacco Control and
Prevention in the Department of Health (office) is to establish a
process by which retail dealers report to the office efforts on behalf of
the retail dealer to comply with the above prohibition. The office is to
also establish a mechanism by which an individual may anonymously
report to the office a violation of the above prohibition.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amendments provide that:
    1) penalties for certain violations of the law concerning the sale
and public use of tobacco products and vapor products be paid to the
entity responsible for enforcement for the municipality in which the
violation occurs rather than into the treasury of the municipality for
general use by the municipality; and
    2) the Office of Tobacco Control and Prevention in the
Department of Health is to establish a process by which retail dealers
report efforts to comply with certain provisions of the bill and a
mechanism by which an individual may anonymously report certain
violations of the bill’s provisions.

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