Indiana tobacco and nicotine laws

Tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in Indiana

8 tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in the Indiana Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.

• HB 1052Various administrative law matters.Took effect 1 July 2026

  What it requires: Operators or individuals conducting sweepstakes games knowingly using the Internet in Indiana or involving Indiana residents must cease. Beer wholesalers may deliver beer to food manufacturers registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration for product integration. Wine retailers whose wine sales represent at least 60% of annual gross income may allow customer self-service for sealed wine bottles for off-premises consumption.

  Licensing, Minimum age and youth access

• SB 185Alcohol and tobacco matters.Took effect 1 July 2026

  What it requires: Persons selling tobacco products or e-cigarettes at retail must obtain a valid tobacco sales certificate from the commission. Wholesalers must obtain a wholesale tobacco sales certificate. Manufacturers of e-liquid must obtain a permit. Retailers may not sell e-liquid products containing more than seventy-five milligrams per milliliter of nicotine. No person may manufacture, sell, or distribute foreign adversary products.

  Vapor product directories, Licensing, Minimum age and youth access

• SB 144Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices.Took effect 1 July 2026

  What it requires: A person who knowingly or intentionally makes a delivery sale of an e-liquid or vapor device to an individual less than 21 years of age commits a Class B infraction. A person who knowingly sells, distributes, or purchases a tobacco product or vapor device for delivery to a person less than 21 years of age commits a Class B infraction. A person less than 21 years of age who purchases, accepts, or possesses a vapor device commits a Class C infraction.

  Minimum age and youth access, Online and delivery sales

• SB 243Various tax matters.Took effect 1 July 2026

  What it requires: State and local units must round cash transaction tax amounts with one, two, three, four, six, seven, eight, or nine in the second decimal place downward to the next five-cent increment. Amounts less than five cents must round down to zero. The act also amends income tax provisions, withholding rules, and sales tax enforcement for motor vehicles, aircraft, cargo trailers, and watercraft.

  Excise taxes and stamps

• HB 1001State budget.Took effect 1 July 2025

  What it does: Appropriates money for state operations, K-12 and higher education, Medicaid, and other services for fiscal years 2025-2027. Establishes tax exemptions for school supplies and recreational equipment, creates workforce and child care programs, and extends hospital assessment fee collection.

  Excise taxes and stamps, Minimum age and youth access

• SB 453Various tax matters.Took effect 1 July 2025

  What it requires: Persons purchasing services or items other than tangible personal property in retail transactions must remit full gross retail tax or become liable for uncollected tax. Persons purchasing gasoline subject to tax must remit any unpaid tax if they claim an exemption or cause tax not to be remitted to the department.

  Licensing, Excise taxes and stamps

• HB 1275Alcohol and tobacco commission matters.Took effect 1 July 2025

  What it requires: Distributors of taxable products must not sell, use, or distribute flavored nitrous oxide. Permit holders of retailers and craft manufacturers serving alcohol must maintain liquor liability insurance of at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or face permit denial, suspension, or revocation. Retail establishments must not sell tobacco products to persons under twenty-one (21) years of age.

  Licensing, Minimum age and youth access

• HB 1468Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.Took effect 1 July 2025

  What it requires: 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.

  Licensing, Escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules

Tobacco and nicotine in Indiana, by topic

• Minimum age and youth access

  9 bills, 5 enacted. Enacted in 13 states.

• Licensing

  6 bills, 5 enacted. Enacted in 18 states.

• Excise taxes and stamps

  6 bills, 3 enacted. Enacted in 20 states.

• Vapor product directories

  3 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 8 states.

• Flavor bans and product standards

  3 bills. Enacted in 4 states.

• Online and delivery sales

  2 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 5 states.

• Escrow, marketing and smoke-free rules

  1 bill, 1 enacted. Enacted in 11 states.