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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86837</law_id><section_number>15.2-912.4</section_number><catch_line>Regulation of tobacco and hemp product retail sale locations</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="9">General Powers of Local Governments</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="1" identifier="1">Public Health and Safety; Nuisances</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>Any <span class="dictionary">locality</span> may by <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> regulate the retail sale locations of retail tobacco products, as such term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Prohibiting sale or distribution, etc. of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by persons under 21 years of age; civil penalties" href="/18.2-371.2/">18.2-371.2</a>, or hemp products intended for smoking, as such term is defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/3.2-4112/">3.2-4112</a>, for any such retail sale location and may prohibit a retail sale location on property within 1,000 linear feet of a child day center as defined in &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Definitions" href="/22.1-289.02/">22.1-289.02</a> or a public, private, or parochial school. An <span class="dictionary">ordinance</span> adopted pursuant to this section shall not affect (i) a licensee holding a valid license under &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Retail licenses" href="/4.1-206.3/">4.1-206.3</a> or (ii) any retail sale location of retail tobacco products or hemp products intended for smoking operating before July 1, 2024.</p></section></text><history>2024, c. 536; 2025, cc. 595, 596.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
