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Kingdom City Required Sign Stating Violation of State Law to Sell Tobacco Products, Alternative Nicotine Products or Vapor Products to Minors under Age 18: Display of Sign Required, Where ordinance (§ 210.2140)

Chapter 210: Offenses · Article XIII. Offenses Concerning Tobacco, Alternative Nicotine Products Or Vapor Products

In short: Stores that sell tobacco, nicotine or vapor products, including through vending machines, must post a sign at every display and on every vending machine. It must have red lettering at least 1/2 inch high on white saying sales to anyone under 18 violate state law, plus a pack-of-cigarettes "Under 18" symbol at least 2 inches high.

Our plain-English summary, not the official text or legal advice. The ordinance below is what counts.

A. The owner of an establishment at which tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products or rolling papers are sold at retail or through vending machines shall cause to be prominently displayed in a conspicuous place at every display from which tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products are sold and on every vending machine where tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products are purchased a sign that shall:

1. Contain in red lettering at least one-half (1/2) inch high on a white background the following: IT IS A VIOLATION OF STATE LAW FOR CIGARETTES, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS OR VAPOR PRODUCTS TO BE SOLD OR OTHERWISE PROVIDED TO ANY PERSON UNDER THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN OR FOR SUCH PERSON TO PURCHASE, ATTEMPT TO PURCHASE OR POSSESS CIGARETTES, OTHER TOBACCO PRODUCTS, ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS OR VAPOR PRODUCTS; and

2. Include a depiction of a pack of cigarettes at least two (2) inches high defaced by a red diagonal diameter of a surrounding red circle and the words "Under 18." (RSMo. § 407.927, 2014)

Official source: Village of Kingdom City official Code of Ordinances (online), § 210.2140

Last checked November 1, 2026. The city's official copy controls; this page is a reading copy, not legal advice.