Sec. 9-14. - Sale of cigarette rolling papers prohibited.
Part of the Code of Ordinances of East Providence, RI.
The text
(a)
No person, firm, corporation, establishment or agency shall engage in the operation of selling cigarette rolling papers. A cigarette rolling paper is any paper designed, manufactured, or marketed for the purpose of smoking tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, or other organic or mineral matter excluding cigarette paper used in the industrial manufacture of cigarettes or sold inside a container or package with loose tobacco where the number of papers in the container or package is reasonably necessary to roll the loose tobacco in the container or package into cigarettes.
(b)
Any person, firm, corporation, establishment or agency that engages in the operation of selling cigarette rolling papers shall be punished by a fine of not less than $100.00 for the first offense, not less than $200.00 for the second offense, and not less than $300.00 for the third and subsequent offense.
(Rev. Ords. 1987, § 9-15)