{"data":{"id":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-9-14.1","jurisdiction":"us-ri","citation":"R.I. Gen. Laws § 11-9-14.1","heading":"Compliance with federal statutes and regulations.","body":"The provisions of §§ 11-9-13, 11-9-13.1, 11-9-13.4, 11-9-13.6, 11-9-13.7, 11-9-13.8, 11-9-13.10, 11-9-13.11, and 11-9-13.12 shall be interpreted so as not to be less restrictive than the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. § 387 et seq., including 21 U.S.C. § 387f(d), or than Section 1926 of the federal Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26, or than any regulation promulgated or updated by the United States Food and Drug Administration or the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services arising from the acts; so as to comply with the provisions of the acts and related regulations in regard to prohibiting the sale of tobacco products, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products to individuals under the age of twenty-one (21) years; and so that the state may maintain qualification for federal funding regarding tobacco, the use and cessation of tobacco, including electronic nicotine-delivery system products. Nothing herein shall prohibit the state from enacting a statute or promulgating a regulation that is more restrictive than any provision of 21 U.S.C. § 387 et seq., or any provision of 42 U.S.C. § 300x-26.","path":["Title 11 Criminal Offenses","Chapter 9 Children"],"source_url":"https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Statutes/TITLE11/11-9/11-9-14.1.htm","current_through":"site files published 2025-08-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T19:55:10Z","sha256":"23713ce4c33d0b99ad683e915bfe14589f53e4d5d7d77dacd1dc2898ea78dd15","source_id":"us-ri","stale":true,"prev":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-9-14","next":"us-ri/r.i.-gen.-laws-11-9-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}