Are Nicotine Pouches Legal in Colorado? (2026)

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Restrictions on sales, online sales prohibited; definition of cigarette, tobacco product, or nicotine product

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https://content.leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2024-title-44.pdf

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2026-11-06

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44-7-104.7. Restrictions on sales - minimum distance requirement - advertising
restriction - online sales prohibited - exemptions - rules. (1) (a) Unless a local authority has
approved an application for a new retail location pursuant to an ordinance or resolution adopted
pursuant to subsection (1)(d) of this section, the division shall not approve a state license
application for the new retail location if the new retail location is located within five hundred
feet of a school. The distance between the new retail location and the school is measured from
the nearest property line of land used for school purposes to the nearest portion of the building
where cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products will be sold, using a route of direct
pedestrian access.
        (b) This subsection (1) does not apply to retail locations at which cigarettes, tobacco
products, or nicotine products were sold before July 14, 2020.
        (c) If a retail location that was in existence as of July 14, 2020, is transferred to a new
owner after July 14, 2020, the new owner need not comply with this subsection (1).
        (d) A local authority may by ordinance or resolution:
        (I) Eliminate one or more types of schools from the distance restriction set forth in
subsection (1)(a) of this section; or
        (II) Adopt shorter distance restrictions.
        (2) A retailer shall not advertise an electronic smoking device product in a manner that is
visible from outside the retail location at which the product is offered for sale.
        (3) (a) Except as provided in subsection (3)(b) or (3)(c) of this section, a person shall not
ship or deliver cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products directly to a consumer in this
state.
        (b) (I) A retailer licensed to sell cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products
pursuant to this article 7 that complies with this subsection (3)(b) and rules promulgated
pursuant to this subsection (3)(b) may deliver cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products
to a person twenty-one years of age or older if:
        (A) The person receiving the delivery of cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine
products is located at a place that is not licensed pursuant to this article 7;
        (B) The delivery is made by an owner or employee of the licensed retailer who is at least
twenty-one years of age; and
        (C) The person making the delivery verifies that the person receiving the delivery is
twenty-one years of age or older by requiring the person receiving the delivery to present a valid
government-issued photographic identification. The licensee or employee shall make a
determination from the information presented whether the person receiving the delivery is
twenty-one years of age or older.
        (II) The executive director shall promulgate rules as necessary for the proper delivery of
cigarettes, tobacco products, or nicotine products, and the division is authorized to issue a permit
to any retailer that is licensed under this article 7 and delivers cigarettes, tobacco products, or
nicotine products pursuant to this subsection (3)(b). A permit issued under this subsection (3)(b)
is subject to the same suspension and revocation provisions as are set forth in section 44-7-105
(1)(b).
        (c) The prohibition set forth in subsection (3)(a) of this section does not apply to the
direct shipment or delivery of cigars and pipe tobacco to a consumer who is twenty-one years of
age or older.

(5) (a) As used in this section, “cigarette, tobacco product, or nicotine product” means:
        (I) A product that contains nicotine or tobacco or is derived from tobacco and is intended
to be ingested or inhaled by or applied to the skin of an individual; or
        (II) Any device that can be used to deliver tobacco or nicotine to the person inhaling
from the device, including an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, or pipe.
        (b) Notwithstanding any provision of paragraph (a) of this subsection (5) to the contrary,
“cigarette, tobacco product, or nicotine product” does not mean a product that the food and drug
administration of the United States department of health and human services has approved as a
tobacco use cessation product.