A. Sales of Tobacco Products by the Pack. It shall be unlawful for any person, business, or tobacco retailer within the city to sell, offer for sale, or display for sale any tobacco product by means of a self-service display. All tobacco products (other than cartons of cigarettes, multicontainer packages of smokeless tobacco and cigars and pipe tobacco displayed for sale pursuant to subsection B of this section) shall be offered for sale exclusively by means of vendor/employee assistance.

B. Sales of Cartons, Cigars, and Pipe Tobacco. Cartons of cigarettes, multicontainer packages of smokeless tobacco and cigars and pipe tobacco may be sold by means of self-service merchandising displays only when such product displays are under the direct observation of a vendor/employee. Tobacco products shall be deemed to be under direct observation of a vendor/employee only if the tobacco products themselves (and not merely the racks, shelves, kiosks, etc., where the products are displayed) are in the plain and direct view of a store employee at all times. (Ord. 1325 § 1 (part), 1997)