Maine tobacco and nicotine laws

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

Bills in scope
7bills in scope
Past committee
3past committee
Most recent action
29 April 2026most recent action

Tobacco and nicotine laws enacted in Maine

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

  • LD 2134An Act To Create An Exception To The Prohibition Of Tobacco Sales In Retail Establishments Containing Pharmacies For Certain Small Grocery StoresEnacted 19 March 2026

    What it requires: Pharmacies are prohibited from engaging in retail sales of tobacco products. Retail establishments containing a pharmacy are prohibited from selling tobacco products, except that a retail establishment with no more than 26,000 square feet of customer-accessible sales area, operated primarily as a grocery store, with a separately leased pharmacy established before July 7, 2025, may sell tobacco outside the pharmacy's leased premises through a separate point-of-sale system.

    Licensing

  • LD 166An Act To Prohibit The Sale Of Tobacco Products In Pharmacies And Retail Establishments Containing PharmaciesEnacted 7 July 2025

    What it does: This amendment modifies the cigarette tax stamp discount structure by removing the 0.66% discount rate for stamps at the face value of 175 mills, effective April 1, 2026.

    Licensing

  • LD 1938An Act Regarding The Regulation Of TobaccoTook effect 5 January 2026

    What it requires: The department may not issue a retail tobacco license that permits the sale of tobacco products through vending machines. Any person engaging in retail sales or free distribution of tobacco products must obtain a retail tobacco license from the department before selling, keeping for sale, or giving away tobacco products.

Tobacco and nicotine in Maine, by topic

Tobacco and nicotine bills in Maine

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

3Enacted

4Introduced or inactive

7 bills in scope

Introduced or inactive

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LD 1658An Act To Preserve And Strengthen The Fund For A Healthy MaineDead

What it would do: Beginning January 5, 2026, increases the cigarette excise tax from 100 mills to 150 mills per cigarette and increases the tax on other tobacco products from 43% to 65% of cost price. Requires the State Controller to annually transfer sufficient cigarette and tobacco tax revenue to ensure the Fund for a Healthy Maine receives at least $65,000,000 annually beginning fiscal year 2027-28.

LD 754An Act To Ban The Sale, Use And Possession Of Single-Use Electronic Cigarettes And To Review Extended Producer Responsibility Options For All BatteriesDead

What it would do: Prohibits the sale, use, and possession of single-use electronic nicotine delivery devices, with civil penalties of $500 for first violation, $1,000 for second, and $5,000 for subsequent violations. Requires the Department of Environmental Protection to review extended producer responsibility options for batteries not currently covered by such requirements by December 3, 2025.

LD 278An Act To Eliminate The Tobacco Products Tax On Certain Products That Contain NicotineDead

What it would do: Modifies the definition of taxable tobacco products to exclude products containing only artificial nicotine but no tobacco, while maintaining the tax on electronic smoking devices and other listed tobacco products.

LD 377An Act To Establish A University Of Maine Medical School And To Dedicate Funds From Raising The Cigarette Tax To The SchoolDead

What it would do: Increases the cigarette tax from 100 to 150 mills per cigarette, dedicating 33 percent of revenue to the University of Maine System to locate, construct, equip and operate a college of medicine in Penobscot County with rural health care programs and clinic outreach to seven counties.

Bill titles link to the Maine 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 Maine have a tobacco and nicotine law?

Yes. Maine enacted 3 tobacco and nicotine laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them LD 2134, LD 166 and LD 1938. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.

When do Maine's tobacco and nicotine laws take effect?

LD 1938 on 5 January 2026. The others have no single date in their text.

What does Maine legislate on most in tobacco and nicotine?

Licensing (2 bills), Excise taxes and stamps (2 bills) and Flavor bans and product standards (1 bill).

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.

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