370.695 - Unlawful acts; penalties; violation constitutes deceptive trade practice. - Nevada Statutes

370.695  Unlawful acts; penalties; violation constitutes deceptive trade practice.

      1.  It is unlawful for any person to:

      (a) Affix a stamp to a package or other container of cigarettes of a manufacturer of tobacco products or brand family which is not included in the directory; or

      (b) Sell, or offer or possess for sale, in this State cigarettes of a manufacturer of tobacco products or brand family not included in the directory.

      2.  A person who violates any provision of subsection 1 is guilty of a gross misdemeanor.

      3.  In addition to any other penalty authorized by law, the Department may impose on each person who violates any provision of subsection 1 a civil penalty for each such violation of not more than $5,000 or 500 percent of the retail value of the cigarettes involved in the violation, whichever is greater.

      4.  Any violation of subsection 1 constitutes a deceptive trade practice for the purposes of NRS 598.0903 to 598.0999, inclusive.

      5.  For the purposes of this section, each stamp affixed to and each sale or offer to sell cigarettes in violation of subsection 1 constitutes a separate violation.

      (Added to NRS by 2005, 378)