5.90.020 Pharmacy tobacco retailing is prohibited.*
A. The definitions set forth in Monterey County Code Chapter 7.80, entitled “Tobacco Retailer License,” apply to this section. In addition, for the purposes of this section, “pharmacy” means any retail establishment in which the profession of pharmacy is practiced by a pharmacist licensed by the State of California in accordance with the Business and Professions Code and where prescription pharmaceuticals are offered for sale, regardless of whether the retail establishment sells other retail goods in addition to prescription pharmaceuticals.
B. Prohibition—Pharmacy.
1. No license may issue, and no existing license may be renewed, to authorize tobacco retailing in a pharmacy.
2. No person shall sell or otherwise distribute a tobacco product in a pharmacy.
* Code reviser’s note: Ord. 2023-09 adds this section as 5.90.010. It has been editorially renumbered to avoid duplication of numbering.
(Ord. 2023-09 § 2, 2023)