(a) Pursuant to Arkansas Code § 26-57-203(27)(B), a retailer may sell cigars online to a buyer who is twenty-one (21) years of age or older, whether that buyer is inside or outside the State of Arkansas, when that retailer:
- (1) Has a physical presence in the State of Arkansas; and
- (2) Purchases cigars from a permitted wholesaler.
- (b) “Cigar” or “cigars”, as used in this subpart, means any roll of tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or in any substance containing tobacco, other than any roll of tobacco that is a cigarette, as defined by Arkansas Code § 26-57-260(4)(A) – (C).
- (c) To “sell cigars online” means a sale of, an advertisement of, a solicitation to sell, a purchase of, or an offer to purchase cigars to consumers who submit orders all or in part online through the internet.
- (d) “Sale” or “sell” has the same meaning as provided in Arkansas Code § 26-57-203(28)(A).