DAVIS COUNTY — Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clinton, wants to help cities shut down smoke shops that are illegally selling drugs. That is the focus of HB95, Retail Sale of Tobacco Products, that Ray is introducing this general session. As part of the bill, those who are under the age of 19 would not be allowed to enter smoke shops and smoke shops would not be allowed within 1,000 feet of schools or parks, like the current liquor laws. “There’s nothing in a tobacco store or smoke shop that they can really sell to minors (except lighters or matches), so there’s no reason to have a minor go into a sto...
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