HARD COPY: Free signs may be obtained by contacting Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California at 1-800-258-9090 ext. 230 or ext. 103.

ONLINE: To order a free sign, go to https://www.tecc.org/

Two possible signs are required depending upon which product(s) your store sells. For tobacco selling retailers, one state-required sign must be posted. For e-cigarette/vapor product selling retailers a different sign must be posted. Both signs must be posted if both types of products are sold. The state government has posted the NEW 21 year minimum-age signs here. 

ONLINE: Download a pdf of required sign.

HARD COPY:  Obtain a sign to print here.   

Or contact the Tobacco Prevention and Education Program, The Hawaii State Department of Health:

Email: tobacco2@doh.hawaii.gov
Phone: 808-586-1430

HARD COPY: 

For tobacco selling retailers, post this required Surgeon's General Warning sign (based upon the law's described requirements) 

For retailers selling tobacco accessories and smoking herbs, post this required sign (based upon the law's described requirements) 

Chicago retailers must post a city government-required sign.  Get a copy here http://bit.ly/294yhXL

HARD COPY: Contact the Department of  Agriculture, Teens and Tobacco Program, at 502-573-0420

ONLINE:  Free signs are available at www.mainepreventionstore.org

HARD COPY: Contact The Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Tobacco Control Program at 617-624-5900, or contact your local board of health.

ONLINE:   See state sign information here  

At each location where tobacco, tobacco-related devices, electronic delivery devices, or nicotine or lobelia delivery products are sold, the licensee shall display a sign in plain view to provide public notice that selling any of these products to any person under the age of 21 is illegal and subject to penalties. The notice shall be placed in a conspicuous location in the licensed establishment and shall be readily visible to any person who is purchasing or attempting to purchase these products. The sign shall provide notice that all persons responsible for selling these products must verify, by means of photographic identification containing the bearer's date of birth, the age of any person under 30 years of age.

For more information, contact:

Alcohol and Tobacco Control
1738 E. Elm Street
Lower Level
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Phone: (573) 751-5448

The New Hampshire Liquor Commission, when issuing or renewing a retail tobacco license, shall furnish the required signs.

Contact the New Hampshire Liquor Commission for the signs:

NHLC 
Bureau of Liquor Enforcement
10 Commercial Street
P.O. Box 1795
Concord, NH 03301
603-271-8531

HARD COPY: Contact the Department of Health at 505-222-8618

Until January 1, 2021, retailers are required to display a sign or decal where tobacco products are sold that reads:

A PERSON LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE WHO PURCHASES A TOBACCO PRODUCT, AN E-CIGARETTE OR A LIQUID NICOTINE CONTAINER IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO $100.00.

A PERSON WHO SELLS A TOBACCO PRODUCT, AN E-CIGARETTE OR A LIQUID NICOTINE CONTAINER TO A PERSON LESS THAN 18 YEARS OF AGE IS SUBJECT TO A FINE OF UP TO $1,000.00.

Effective January 1, 2021, A retailer shall prominently display in the place where tobacco products are sold and where a tobacco product vending machine is located a printed sign or decal that reads as follows:

"IT IS ILLEGAL FOR A PERSON UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE TO PURCHASE TOBACCO PRODUCTS."

HARD COPY: Contact the NC Alcohol Law Enforcement Division at 919-622-4500.

ONLINE: Download a pdf of required sign(s). 

The Ohio Dept. of Health has provided this sign - Download the Ohio sign

We recommend that retailers also Download and post a sign with the required language.

For addtional information, contact:

Ohio Department of Health

246 N. High St., Columbus, Ohio 43215

Phone: (614) 466-3543

For more information, Resources are listed as available here:

Download English or Spanish language signs -- available here. 

HARD COPY: Exact duplicates may be made.

ONLINE: Download a pdf of required sign(s)

A merchant shall conspicuously post a notice, on the merchant's premises, stating that

"No person under the age of 21 may be sold tobacco products."

HARD COPY:  To request additional warning signs, call the Comptroller’s office toll-free at (800) 862-2260 and request publication number 96-536. 

NEW 21 year Law required Warning sign must be posted by Sept 1, 2019.

See Tobacco and E-Cigarette Sales Warning Signs and Vending Machine Warning Signs here.

ONLINE: See "Mandatory" warning signs at the VT Liquor Control's publications website.  

HARD COPY: Information from the Washington State Liquor and Cannabis Board website indicates that required signs are available at no charge to licensees. To order, call the WSLCB Enforcement Customer Service Line at
(360) 664-9878 or email EnfCustomerService@lcb.wa.gov .

Images of the WSLCB signs are available here:  https://lcb.wa.gov/enforcement/required-signs#tobacco  

WSLCB issued an "Immediate Action Required" alert on Oct. 10, 2019, telling retailers to print and prominently post this vapor warning sign in retail locations.