{"data":{"id":"us-vt/7-v.s.a.-1012","jurisdiction":"us-vt","citation":"7 V.S.A. § 1012","heading":"Liquid nicotine; packaging","body":"(a) Unless specifically preempted by federal law, no person shall manufacture, regardless of location, for sale in; offer for sale in; sell in or into the stream of commerce in; or otherwise introduce into the stream of commerce in Vermont:\n(1) any liquid or gel substance containing nicotine unless that product is contained in child-resistant packaging; or\n(2) any nicotine liquid container unless that container constitutes child-resistant packaging.\n(b) As used in this section:\n(1) “Child-resistant packaging” means packaging that is designed or constructed to be significantly difficult for children under five years of age to open or obtain a toxic or harmful amount of the substance in the container within a reasonable time and not difficult for normal adults to use properly, but does not mean packaging that all children under five years of age cannot open or obtain a toxic or harmful amount of the substance in the container within a reasonable time.\n(2) “Nicotine liquid container” means a bottle or other container of a nicotine liquid or other substance containing nicotine that is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a tobacco substitute. The term does not include a container containing nicotine in a cartridge that is sold, marketed, or intended for use in a tobacco substitute if the cartridge is prefilled and sealed by the manufacturer and not intended to be opened by the consumer.","path":["Title 7: Alcoholic Beverages, Cannabis, and Tobacco","Chapter 040: Tobacco Products"],"source_url":"https://legislature.vermont.gov/statutes/section/07/040/01012","current_through":"2025 session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T13:27:51Z","sha256":"db1faaee8c476447e8703866624a647ef57e1ffb995388f9605411d56a9f5f4c","source_id":"us-vt","stale":false,"prev":"us-vt/7-v.s.a.-1011","next":"us-vt/8-v.s.a.-1-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}