Exemption from Business Suspension for Selling Cigarettes to Youths with Forged or Stolen IDs

Enforcement Rules of the Tobacco Business Act Amended and Promulgated... Effective from July

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[Asia Economy Reporter Kwangho Lee] From July, business operators who sell cigarettes to minors by being deceived by fake IDs will be exempt from business suspension penalties.

On the 24th, the Ministry of Economy and Finance revised and promulgated the "Enforcement Rules of the Tobacco Business Act," which exempts business suspension penalties if a retailer inevitably sells cigarettes without knowing the buyer is a minor. It will take effect from the 1st of next month.

This revision of the Enforcement Rules of the Tobacco Business Act stipulates the exemption from business suspension delegated by the "Tobacco Business Act," which passed the National Assembly regarding retailers' sales of cigarettes to minors.

If it is recognized that a retailer sold cigarettes to a minor through forgery, alteration, or theft of the minor's ID, or through assault or threats, and the retailer received a "non-prosecution disposition" or a "suspended sentence," the business suspension penalty will be exempted.

The government expects that this revision of the Enforcement Rules of the Tobacco Business Act will greatly contribute to preventing damage to honest retailers.

A government official said, "Taking this enforcement rule implementation as an opportunity, we plan to collaborate with tobacco-related organizations to prepare and guide detailed measures to ensure compliance with relevant laws so that cigarette sales to minors by tobacco retailers can be eradicated."

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