Montana tobacco and nicotine laws

What it would do: Creates a cigar bar room alcoholic beverage endorsement for all-beverages licensees with gaming licenses, permitting smoking of premium cigars in a separate enclosed space with specific ventilation requirements and exempting such establishments from clean indoor air act prohibitions. Requires the Department of Justice to study Montana's gaming industry by December 1, 2026.

What it would do: Establishes separate licensing and regulatory framework for alternative nicotine and vapor products under Montana Department of Revenue, requiring $20 annual licenses, prohibiting sales to persons under 18 at age-restricted venues, and imposing civil penalties for violations.

What it would do: Expands tobacco product regulations to include alternative nicotine and vapor products, requires licensing and age restrictions for their sale, and prohibits local governments from banning their sale while allowing local regulations no more stringent than state law.

What it would do: Requires vapor product manufacturers to certify their nicotine products comply with federal FDA marketing authorization and maintain them in an attorney general directory before retail sale in Montana beginning October 1, 2025, with penalties for violations.

What it would do: Increases the cigarette tax from $1.70 to $2.70 per package of 20 cigarettes. The tax on other cigarette package sizes and tobacco products remains unchanged.

What it would do: Expands the definition of tobacco products to include vapor products such as e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes, vape pens, and e-hookahs, subjecting them to taxation under Montana's tobacco tax laws effective for products sold by wholesalers after June 30, 2025.

What it would do: Amends the definition of tobacco products to include vapor products such as e-cigarettes, e-cigars, e-pipes, vape pens, and e-hookahs, making them subject to Montana's tobacco product taxation and regulation beginning July 1, 2025.

What it would do: Increases the cigarette tax from $1.70 to $2.70 per package containing 20 cigarettes and amends Section 16-11-111, MCA to reflect this change.

What it would do: Revises the definition of 'smoking' in the Clean Indoor Air Act to include use of electronic smoking devices and oral smoking devices, and adds a new definition of 'electronic smoking device' as a product containing nicotine or another substance intended for human consumption that delivers vapor or aerosol.

What it would do: Requires vapor product manufacturers to certify their nicotine products comply with federal FDA marketing authorization and register them in an attorney general-maintained directory. Prohibits selling unregistered vapor products containing nicotine in Montana starting March 1, 2026, with civil penalties and license suspensions for violations.

What it would do: Amends alcohol, tobacco, and marijuana laws to permit use of digital identification versions alongside physical identification. Requires businesses scanning government-issued identification to use data only for age verification, prohibits data transfer or sale, and mandates deletion within 180 days.

What it would do: Creates a cigar bar alcoholic beverage endorsement for all-beverages licensees with gaming licenses, allowing cigar smoking in enclosed spaces while exempting them from clean indoor air act prohibitions. Requires cigars be purchased on-premises, generate 10% of non-gaming income, and establishes specific cigar and ventilation standards.

What it would do: Expands tobacco product regulations to include alternative nicotine and vapor products under the same licensing and sales restrictions. Repeals the prohibition on local ordinances restricting alternative nicotine and vapor product sales, allowing local governments to regulate these products.

What it would do: Establishes separate licensing and regulatory framework for alternative nicotine and vapor products under Montana Department of Revenue, requiring $20 annual licenses, prohibiting sales to persons under 18 at age-restricted venues, and imposing civil penalties for violations.

What it would do: Amends Montana's cigarette tax to impose $1.70 per 20-cigarette package on cigarettes intended to be burned and 85 cents per 20-cigarette package on cigarettes intended to be heated but not burned, effective for wholesaler sales after June 30, 2025.