1. A person shall not engage in business as a wholesale dealer of cigarettes, a wholesale dealer of other tobacco products or a tobacco retail dealer in this State unless that person first secures a license to engage in that activity from the Department.

2. A person shall not engage in business as a cigarette vending machine operator in this State unless that person first secures a license to engage in that activity from the Department.

3. A person shall not engage in business as a logistics company unless that person first secures a license to engage in that activity from the Department.

4. A person shall not operate a warehouse or distribution center unless that person first secures a license to engage in that activity from the Department.

5. A manufacturer shall not:

(a) Sell any cigarettes to a wholesale dealer of cigarettes in this State;

(b) Temporarily store, fulfill orders for or coordinate the transport or delivery of cigarettes by using a logistics company; or

(c) Operate or permit any person other than the manufacturer to operate a cigarette rolling machine for the purpose of producing, filling, rolling, dispensing or otherwise manufacturing cigarettes,

unless that manufacturer first secures a license to engage in that activity from the Department.

6. A separate license is required to engage in each of the activities described in this section.

7. A person may be licensed as a wholesale dealer of cigarettes, a wholesale dealer of other tobacco products, a tobacco retail dealer and as an operator of a warehouse or distribution center.

(Added to NRS by 2019, 614)