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Legal with restrictions
Kentucky permits regulated sales to people 21 or older. Retailers must be licensed, may sell only authorized nicotine vapor products, must verify age for delivery, and owe product-form-specific excise tax.
- Effective from
- 2026-08-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Supporting sources
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Supporting sources
- KRS Chapter 438 — Sale and Distribution of Tobacco, Nicotine, and Vapor Products, version 1, KRS 438.305-.316
- Frequently Asked Questions: Tobacco in Kentucky, version 1, Age and 2026 license sections
- 2026 Senate Bill 245, version 1, Acts Chapter 70; signed 2026-04-10; enacted summary and final text
- KRS 138.140, version 1, Subsection (2)(a)5-6
- Tobacco and Vapor Products Taxes, version 1, Vapor-products section