Escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules laws by state

91 bills on escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules in 32 jurisdictions, 13 of them enacted in 2025 and 2026. The laws come first, with what each requires, then the bills that moved most recently.

  • 13 laws enacted in 2025 and 2026, in 11 states. Most: California (2), Texas (2), Alabama (1).
  • 91 bills in 32 jurisdictions, 5 of them in Congress. Latest action 19 October 2026.

Updated 2 November 2026LawsRecent billsBy state

Enacted in 2025 and 2026

13 laws, by state. Laws enacted before 2025 are not listed.

Alabama

  • Enacted

    SB 9: Alabama Clean Indoor Air Act, renamed Vivian Davis Figures Clean Indoor Air Act; vaping included as prohibited smoking in public places.

    Took effect 1 October 2026

California

  • Enacted

    AB 2667: Vape products: household hazardous waste: advertising.

    A person shall not market, promote, label, brand, advertise, distribute, offer for sale, or sell a vape product by imitating a non-vape product to conceal its nature from parents, teachers, or other adults, or by including interactive videogame capabilities. A permanent household hazardous waste collection facility may mechanically disassemble vape pens and devices after consultation with the certified unified program agency and local fire authority.

    Takes effect 1 January 2027

  • Enacted

    SB 1124: Public health.

    Beginning January 1, 2028, retailers engaged in retail sale of cigarettes or tobacco products must prominently display lung cancer screening signage at every retail location. The State Department of Public Health must develop the signage by July 1, 2027, including eligibility criteria, effectiveness information, the Kick It California toll-free number, and a QR code.

    Takes effect 1 January 2027

Connecticut

  • Enacted

    HB 7181: An act concerning the regulation of tobacco, cannabis, hemp and related products, conduct and establishments.

    Persons engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products must ship or transport them only to cigarette distributors, dealers, export warehouse proprietors, customs bonded warehouse operators, or government officers acting in official duties. Persons engaged in selling or delivering electronic nicotine delivery systems or vapor products must ship or transport them only to persons holding dealer or manufacturer registrations or government officers acting in official duties. Shippers must mark containers plainly, require age verification, and obtain signed acknowledgment of receipt.

    Took effect 1 October 2025

Delaware

  • Enacted

    SB 296: An act to amend title 16 of the delaware code relating to the delaware health fund.

    Allows the Secretary of the Department of Health and Social Services to designate a representative on the Delaware Health Fund Advisory Committee. Delays the July 1 deadline for issuing requests for proposals until after June 30, 2027.

Idaho

  • Enacted

    H 133: TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES – Amends, repeals, and adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding clean indoor air and prevention of minors’ access to tobacco products and electronic smoking devices.

    Permittees must obtain annual permits for each location to sell tobacco products or electronic smoking devices. Permittees must use vendor-assisted sales only and prohibit employees under 18 from selling these products. Permittees must display required signage and educate employees on age restrictions.

    Took effect 1 July 2025

Indiana

  • Enacted

    HB 1468: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

    A holder of a tobacco sales certificate may obtain a supplemental cigar sales certificate by paying one thousand dollars for a three-year term. The holder must provide written notice to the commission at least five days before selling cigars at a function or event. A restaurant permittee holding an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit may establish a segregated room for cigar consumption with local government permission.

    Took effect 1 July 2025

Mississippi

  • Enacted

    HB 916: Cigarettes and vape products; require Commissioner of Revenue to establish separate directories to regulate sale of.

    Cigarette manufacturers must file annual certifications with the Commissioner of Revenue listing brand families and FDA compliance. The Commissioner maintains a public directory of certified manufacturers. Retailers, distributors, wholesalers, and importers cannot sell cigarettes not listed in the directory. ENDS product manufacturers must similarly certify compliance and obtain directory listing before selling products in Mississippi.

    Took effect 1 July 2025

Montana

  • Enacted

    SB 390: Revise definitions in Clean Indoor Air Act

    Amends the Clean Indoor Air Act to define electronic smoking device as an e-cigarette, dab rig, or vape pen containing nicotine or other substances for inhalation, and expands the definition of smoking to include use of electronic smoking devices.

New York

  • Enacted

    S 8754: Relates to enforcement of provisions regarding regulation of tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, and smoking paraphernalia

    Amends the effective date of a 2025 law regarding enforcement officers in cities with one million or more residents who regulate tobacco products, herbal cigarettes, and smoking paraphernalia, changing the effective date from six months after enactment to immediately upon enactment.

South Dakota

  • Enacted

    HB 1215: authorize counties and municipalities to issue a license for a cigar bar.

    A board of county commissioners may approve a cigar bar license outside municipalities, and a municipal governing body may approve one within its jurisdiction. Licensees must maintain a humidor, enclose the space with solid walls/windows/ceiling/door, install proper ventilation, derive at least ten percent annual gross income from cigar sales, and may only permit smoking of cigars purchased on premises.

    Took effect 1 July 2026

Texas

  • Enacted

    SB 1313: Relating to prohibited signs, logos, and designs in advertising or marketing cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or other tobacco products; creating a criminal offense.

    A retailer must not use in marketing, advertising, or sale of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products any sign, logo, or design mark that depicts a cartoon-like fictional character aimed at entertaining minors, imitates products marketed to minors, includes symbols used to market to minors, includes celebrity images, or resembles food products like candy or juice.

    Took effect 1 September 2025

  • Enacted

    SB 1316: Relating to a prohibition on e-cigarette advertising in certain locations.

    A sign containing an advertisement for cigarettes, e-cigarettes, or tobacco products may not be located closer than 1,000 feet to a church or school. Distance is measured from the nearest property line of the institution to a point on a street or highway closest to the sign, along street lines and in direct lines across intersections.

    Took effect 1 September 2025

Bills that moved most recently

The 25 open escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules bills with the latest action. The Tobacco and Nicotine Tracker follows all 91.

  • New Hampshire HB 1538: preventing vape products from being marketed towards minors.

    What it would do: Prohibits any person from marketing, promoting, labeling, advertising, distributing, or selling vape products by imitating non-vape products, using branding known to appeal to minors, or including interactive video game capabilities. Violations constitute civil infractions enforced by the liquor commission, effective January 1, 2027.

    In committee

  • Michigan HB 5931: Tobacco: other; cigar bars and tobacco specialty retail stores; modify affidavit submission process for. Amends sec. 12606a of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.12606a).

    Passed chamber

  • Missouri HB 1618: Modifies provisions relating to indoor air quality

    What it would do: Repeals and replaces Missouri's clean indoor air act to prohibit smoking and electronic smoking devices in most indoor areas including workplaces, restaurants, bars, and public buildings, with limited exemptions for exempt cigar-tobacco bars and retail tobacco businesses, and establishes enforcement procedures and penalties.

    In committee

  • Missouri SB 1064: Modifies provisions relating to tobacco product regulations

    What it would do: Repeals local authority to enact tobacco regulations and establishes state preemption over regulating tobacco, alternative nicotine, and vapor products, except local age restrictions under 21 and ordinances in effect before January 1, 2026 remain enforceable.

    Passed committee

  • New York S 10400: Prohibits billboard advertising of alcohol, tobacco and nicotine products and gambling or sports wagering services

    What it would do: Prohibits any person or corporation from displaying billboard advertisements that promote tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, alcoholic beverages, or gambling or sports wagering services, with an exception for government-sponsored public health messaging.

    In committee

  • New York S 10401: Relates to the removal of billboard advertisements related to the promotion of tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, alcoholic beverages or gambling or sports wagering services

    What it would do: Prohibits billboard advertisements promoting tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, vapor products, alcoholic beverages, or gambling or sports wagering services, requiring removal on the last day of each advertising contract and replacement with public health service announcements until new paid advertising begins.

    In committee

  • New Jersey A 4905: Prohibits NJT from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products.

    What it would do: Prohibits the New Jersey Transit Corporation from displaying advertisements that promote gambling, tobacco products, or vapor products, except advertisements promoting compulsive gambling prevention and treatment programs.

    In committee

  • Minnesota SF 5252: Cigar bars operation authorization

    What it would do: Authorizes cigar bars where persons 21 and older may smoke cigars with alcohol, requires ventilation systems and youth smoking cessation funding, and allows cities to issue on-sale intoxicating liquor licenses to cigar bars meeting specified criteria.

    In committee

  • Maryland SB 623: Tobacconist Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)

    What it would do: Establishes a Class C–PCL (premium cigar lounge) alcoholic beverages license for tobacconists, allowing on-premises consumption of alcohol purchased by customers who also buy premium cigars or pipe tobacco. Permits unlicensed tobacconists to authorize customers to bring alcoholic beverages onto premises under specified conditions.

    Passed chamber

  • Connecticut SB 228: An act concerning liquor permits and tobacco bars.

    What it would do: Extends the deadline for tobacco bars to commence operations from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2025, and reduces the municipal population requirement from eighty thousand to forty thousand, while allowing smoking and vaping in qualifying tobacco bars that meet specified requirements.

    Passed committee

  • New Jersey S 4019: Prohibits targeted advertisements that promote vapor products or use of vapor products to individuals under the age of 21 on social media platforms.

    What it would do: Prohibits any person from advertising vapor products or promoting their use on social media platforms in a manner that targets individuals under 21 years of age, with civil penalties up to $250,000 per violation.

    In committee

  • Iowa SF 2444: A bill for an act creating regulations for cigar bars, modifying the smokefree air Act, and including effective date provisions.

    What it would do: Exempts cigar bars from Iowa's smokefree air Act if they meet specified criteria including generating at least 35 percent of annual gross revenues from premium cigar sales, prohibiting entry to persons under 21, and maintaining a humidor with at least 150-cigar capacity.

    Passed chamber

  • Massachusetts H 2419: An Act relative to local boards of health and the sale of legal tobacco products in the Commonwealth

    What it would do: Prohibits local Boards of Health from banning community-wide sale of legal tobacco products without town meeting or city council approval, while preserving their authority to take emergency action for specific health code violations or immediate health concerns.

    In committee

  • Utah HB 206: Nicotine Product Advertising Amendments

    What it would do: Prohibits displaying advertisements of electronic cigarette products and nicotine products on billboards, streetcar signs, buses, placards, and similar public displays, with exceptions for dealer storefront signs and newspaper or magazine advertisements. Violation is a class B misdemeanor.

    Introduced

  • New Jersey S 3729: Permits new cigar lounges to be opened under certain circumstances.

    What it would do: Permits municipalities to adopt ordinances allowing new cigar lounges exempt from smoke-free air laws, subject to local board of health registration requiring no food or alcohol sales, distinct public entrance, appropriate exhaust systems, and annual renewal if generating 15 percent or more gross income from tobacco sales and humidor rentals.

    In committee

  • Maryland HB 1282: Tobacco Products, Other Tobacco Products, and Electronic Smoking Devices - Advertising to Minors - Prohibition

    What it would do: Prohibits licensed sellers from directly or indirectly advertising tobacco products, other tobacco products, electronic smoking devices, or vaping liquid to individuals under 21 years old, and specifies prohibited advertising methods including cartoons, superheroes, and placement near schools or youth-oriented venues.

    In committee

  • Congress S. 3922: Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2026

    What it would do: Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from FDA jurisdiction and regulations, defining them by specific manufacturing and composition standards including hand-rolling, leaf tobacco wrapping, and minimum weight requirements.

    In committee

  • Iowa SSB 3142: A bill for an act relating to cigar bars by modifying the smokefree air Act and allowing for certain delivery sales, providing for a fee, and including effective date provisions.

    What it would do: Exempts cigar bars from Iowa's smokefree air Act if they meet specified criteria including generating at least 50% revenue from premium cigars and prohibiting entry to those under 21, and establishes a delivery sales permit system for premium cigars with a $25 annual fee.

    Passed committee

  • Oklahoma HB 3682: Smoking; Oklahoma Clean Indoor Air Act; terms; prohibiting smoking in certain places; exceptions; signage; promulgation of rules; State Department of Health; effective date.

    What it would do: Creates the Oklahoma Clean Indoor Air Act prohibiting smoking in indoor workplaces, government buildings, restaurants, bars, public transportation, health care facilities, educational institutions, retail stores, and sports arenas, with exceptions for tobacco shops, cigar bars, private residences, designated hotel rooms, and tribal lands.

    Passed committee

  • Maryland HB 766: Retail Tobacco Businesses and Establishment of a Premium Cigar Lounge Alcoholic Beverages License (Maryland Premium Cigar Lounge Act of 2026)

    What it would do: Establishes a Class C-PCL premium cigar lounge alcoholic beverages license allowing customers to consume their own alcohol while purchasing cigars or pipe tobacco. Prohibits tobacconist licenses adjacent to health care or child care facilities and exempts licensed lounges from Clean Indoor Air Act requirements.

    In committee

  • Missouri HB 3103: Modifies provisions relating to indoor air quality

    What it would do: Modifies indoor air quality provisions by defining terms related to smoking and vapor products, establishing where smoking is prohibited in public places and workplaces, and creating exceptions for certain venues like bars, taverns, and large arenas.

    In committee

  • Mississippi HB 1688: Unfair Cigarette Sales Law; revise certain definitions under.

    What it would do: Revises the Unfair Cigarette Sales Law to phase in increases in the presumed cost of doing business for wholesalers from 2% through June 30, 2026, to 5% after July 1, 2028, and for retailers from 6% through June 30, 2026, to 12% after July 1, 2028.

    Passed committee

  • New York S 195: Prohibits the sale of vape products that resemble school supplies

    What it would do: Prohibits any person operating a business selling tobacco products, electronic cigarettes, or smoking paraphernalia from selling or displaying such products that resemble school supplies, toys, or use packaging designed to appeal to or target minors.

    Passed chamber

  • Kentucky HB 194: AN ACT relating to cigar bars.

    What it would do: Creates a new definition and regulatory framework for cigar bars in Kentucky, permitting them to operate where other alcohol-licensed establishments are allowed, with requirements that they generate at least 15% annual income from cigars and tobacco products, prohibit persons under 21, and prevent smoke from entering adjacent structures.

    Passed chamber

  • Mississippi HB 253: Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2026; create.

    What it would do: Creates the Mississippi Smoke-Free Air Act of 2026, prohibiting smoking in enclosed public places, places of employment, private clubs, certain residential facilities, and specified outdoor areas, with violations punishable by fines up to $500 for operators and $50 for individuals.

    In committee

Escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules laws, state by state

Questions

Which states have escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules laws?

States that enacted escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules laws in 2025 and 2026: California (2), Texas (2), Alabama (1), Connecticut (1), Delaware (1), Idaho (1), Indiana (1), Mississippi (1), Montana (1), New York (1) and South Dakota (1). Laws enacted before 2025 are not listed here.

Which states have the most escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules bills?

New Jersey (16), New York (8), Maryland (5), Mississippi (5) and Congress (5). In all, 91 bills in 32 jurisdictions, the latest action on 19 October 2026.

What do escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules bills cover?

The Master Settlement Agreement's escrow and nonparticipating manufacturer statutes and the directory of compliant cigarette brands, packaging and labeling, advertising and marketing limits, and smoke-free air laws as they apply to tobacco and vapor products, cigar bars and hookah lounges. Each enacted law above has a line on what it requires.

Is this legal advice?

No. Which bills count as escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software 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.

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