Tobacco and Vaping Laws in Mississippi

Mississippi law says no one under 21 may buy any tobacco or alternative nicotine (vape) product, and sellers may not sell or give vapes, e-cigarettes or their liquids to anyone under 21 (seller fines of $250, $500, then $1,000 per violation). The older tobacco-sales section in the same chapter, as shown in the code copy read, still bars selling tobacco products to anyone under 18, with fines of $50, $75 and $150. A person under 21 found by a court to have violated another statute while possessing tobacco or nicotine faces a $100 fine and up to 15 hours of community service for a first offense, $300 and up to 25 hours for a second, and $500 and up to 40 hours after that; the violation is not recorded on the minor's criminal history. Students may not possess tobacco or nicotine on school property.