Alaska tobacco and nicotine laws

What Alaska has enacted on tobacco and nicotine, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Alaska is one of 37 states that enacted a tobacco and nicotine law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Bills in scope: 3bills in scope
Past committee: 3past committee
Most recent action: 30 September 2026most recent action

Tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in Alaska

One tobacco and nicotine law enacted in the Alaska Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

SB 164An Act eliminating deductions for the remittance of the motor fuel tax, tobacco taxes, and tire fees; relating to discounts on cigarette stamps; and providing for an effective date.Enacted 19 June 2026
What it requires: Dealers and users who sell or transfer motor fuel must remit surcharge and tax collected each month to the department by the last day of the succeeding month without deducting any amount for accounting or filing expenses. Licensees purchasing cigarette stamps must pay the denominated value without any discount. The department may reduce or eliminate discounts if licensees fail to meet stamp affixing requirements.
Excise taxes and stamps

Tobacco and nicotine in Alaska, by topic

Excise taxes and stamps
3 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 20 states.
Minimum age and youth access
2 bills. Enacted in 13 states.

Tobacco and nicotine bills in Alaska

The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.

1Enacted

2Cleared both chambers

3 bills in scope

Cleared both chambers

HCR 32Suspending Rules 24(c), 35, 41(b), and 42(e), Uniform Rules of the Alaska State Legislature, concerning Senate Bill No. 24, relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and products containing nicotine; raising the minimum age to purchase, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the tobacco use education and cessation fund; and relating to the taxation of electronic smoking products and vapor products.30 September 2026Sent to governor

SB 24An Act relating to tobacco, tobacco products, electronic smoking products, nicotine, and products containing nicotine; raising the minimum age to purchase, exchange, or possess tobacco, a product containing nicotine, or an electronic smoking product; relating to the tobacco use education and cessation fund; relating to retail cigar stores; relating to the taxation of electronic smoking products and vapor products; and providing for an effective date.19 June 2026Vetoed

What it would do: Raises the minimum age to purchase, possess, or exchange tobacco and nicotine products from 19 to 21 years old. Imposes a 25 percent tax on electronic smoking products and vapor products, with proceeds funding tobacco education and cessation programs.

Bill titles link to the Alaska Legislature's own page.

What LawSignals covers

What counts as tobacco and nicotine legislation

In scope: Flavor bans and product standards; vapor product directories; licensing; excise taxes and stamps; minimum age and youth access; online and delivery sales; nicotine pouches and new products; and escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules.

Questions

Does Alaska have a tobacco and nicotine law?

Yes. Alaska enacted 1 tobacco and nicotine law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them SB 164. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

Which tobacco and nicotine bills are moving in Alaska?

2 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along HCR 32 (sent to governor) and SB 24 (vetoed).

What does Alaska legislate on most in tobacco and nicotine?

Excise taxes and stamps (3 bills) and Minimum age and youth access (2 bills).

Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?

No. Which bills count as Tobacco and nicotine bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.

Other practice areas in Alaska

Tobacco and nicotine legislation in other jurisdictions

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