Code of Alabama
Ala. Code § 13A-12-3 (2026)
Selling, Bartering, Etc., of Tobacco, Tobacco Products, Etc., to Individuals Under the Age of 21 Years.
✓ official Alabama Legislature (ALISON) text, current July 2026
Any person who sells, barters, exchanges, or gives to any individual under the age of 21 years any tobacco, tobacco product, electronic nicotine delivery system, or alternative nicotine product, on conviction, shall be fined not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300) and may also be imprisoned in the county jail for not more than 30 days.
(Code 1896, §5336; Code 1907, §6466; Code 1923, §3567; Code 1940, T. 14, §95; Code 1975, §13-6-5; Act 2019-233, §2; Act 2021-453, §1.)
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Tillman v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., 871 So. 2d 28 (Ala. 2003).
Tillman v. RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co., 871 So. 2d 28 (Ala. 2003). “The issue is not whether these defendants could plead or prove affirmative defenses, for the potential availability of affirmative defenses does not detract from the content of the plaintiff's complaint and therefore does not detract from the sufficiency of the complaint to *38…”
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