Tobacco and Vaping Products Act (S.C. 1997, c. 13)

Marginal note:Furnishing products to young persons

• 8 (1) No person shall furnish a tobacco product or vaping product to a young person in a public place or in a place to which the public has access.

• Marginal note:Defence

  (2) A person shall not be found to have contravened subsection (1) if it is established that the person attempted to verify that the person was at least eighteen years of age by asking for and being shown documentation prescribed for the purposes of verifying age, and believed on reasonable grounds that the documentation was authentic.