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Wyoming Licensed Tobacco Retailer Information
MESSAGE TO WYOMING LICENSED TOBACCO RETAILERS
RE:
Wyoming's Directory of Certified Product Manufacturers Their Brands and Brand
Families
The Directory
is available at the Attorney General's website:
http://attorneygeneral.state.wy.us.
The Directory
lists tobacco product manufacturers that have met the State's certification
requirements to have the company and its brand(s) and brand(s) styles listed as
legal to be sold in the state. Wyo. Stat. ' 9-4-1205(k) stipulates that "...no
person shall sell, offer for sale, or possess for sale in this state,
cigarettes of a tobacco product manufacturer or brand family not included in
The Directory
."
Wholesalers and retailers are responsible to access
The Directory
, which is updated regularly, or call the Tobacco Settlement Unit, if there is
any question as to the legality of a specific brand to be sold in Wyoming.
The significance of the annual release date of
The Directory
is that tobacco product manufacturers are required to certify with the State
each year by April 30. Those in compliance by April 30 are listed in the June
1 release of
The Directory
. The current first edition of
The Directory
is valid through May 30, 2004, with regular updates occurring during that time
period. The second edition will be online June 1, 2004.
Caution:
There are manufacturers in the current edition of
The Directory
that will not be in the June 1, 2004 release.
There is no sell-down time provision in the law for wholesalers or retailers.
The Directory
is the official source of legal cigarettes and roll-your-own to be sold in the
state. In the event of de-listings during any edition of
The Directory
, a courtesy notice will be sent to wholesalers, giving an effective date of
the de-listing.
Any brand not listed in
The Directory
is illegal to be sold and can be confiscated as contraband and destroyed.
Please contact the Tobacco Settlement
Unit, Lesley A. Osen, Administrator, if
you have any question regarding this notice. Call 307-777-5833, or
losen@state.wy.us.
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