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HRS §245-2.6

Selling tobacco without a permit in large amounts

Starting March 1, 2007, if you must have a retail tobacco permit and you knowingly don't get one, then recklessly sell, possess, store, acquire, distribute, or transport 5,000 or more cigarettes for retail sale, you commit a crime. This crime is a misdemeanor, but if you do it again within 5 years of a conviction for the same crime, it becomes a more serious felony.

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The statute, as written — ‑2.6] Unlawful tobacco retailing in the first degree

(a) Beginning March 1, 2007, a person or entity required to obtain a retail tobacco permit commits the offense of unlawful tobacco retailing in the first degree if the person or entity knowingly fails to obtain a valid permit required under section 245-2.5 and, for the purposes of retail sale, recklessly sells, possesses, stores, acquires, distributes, or transports five thousand or more cigarettes. (b) Unlawful tobacco retailing in the first degree is a misdemeanor, except that any offense under subsection (a) that occurs within five years of a conviction for unlawful tobacco retailing in the first degree is a class C felony.
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗as published Jan 6, 2026our copy taken Aug 20, 2026

Sections this one refers to

§245-2.5 Getting a permit to sell tobacco at retail

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