Permitting Requirements

(A) All retail tobacco stores and smoking bars shall obtain prior to operation and shall maintain during any period of operation a municipal permit allowing the sale or distribution of tobacco products. (B) Retail tobacco stores and smoking bars in operation prior to December 11, 2019, and compliant with all then existing permitting requirements in the municipality in which they operate shall not be subject to 105 CMR 665.013(A), unless the municipality in which they operate later imposes a municipal permitting requirement applicable to such establishments.