# Idaho Code § 39-5706: 39-5706 VENDOR-ASSISTED SALES

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5706

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 39-5706
- **Heading:** 39-5706 VENDOR-ASSISTED SALES
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 39 / Chapter 57 / Section 39-5706

## Text

39-5706. Vendor-assisted sales. (1) It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute tobacco products or electronic smoking devices by any means other than vendor-assisted sales where the customer has no access to the product except through the assistance of the seller.

(2) It shall be unlawful to sell or distribute tobacco products or electronic smoking devices from vending machines or self-service displays.

(3) Stores with tobacco products or electronic smoking devices comprising at least seventy-five percent (75%) of total merchandise are exempt from requiring vendor-assisted sales if minors are not allowed in the store and such prohibition is posted clearly on all entrance doors.

(4) This section shall not apply to a permitted mobile cigar retailer or designated cigar garden provided that the mobile unit or designated cigar garden is strictly restricted to persons twenty-one (21) years of age or older and is under the continuous supervision of the permittee or the permittee's employee.

History:

[39-5706, added 1998, ch. 418, sec. 2, p. 1319; am. 2012, ch. 39, sec. 4, p. 120; am. 2020, ch. 318, sec. 6, p. 909; am. 2025, ch. 64, sec. 6, p. 307; am. 2026, ch. 279, sec. 3, p. 1171.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 39-5701 39-5701 LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS AND INTENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5701.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5702 39-5702 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5702.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5703 39-5703 POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION, OR USE BY A MINOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5703.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5704 39-5704 PERMITTING OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES RETAILERS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5704.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5705 39-5705 SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES TO A MINOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5705.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5706 39-5706 VENDOR-ASSISTED SALES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5706.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5707 39-5707 OPENED PACKAGES AND SAMPLES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5707.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5708 39-5708 CIVIL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF PERMIT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5708.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5709 39-5709 CRIMINAL PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS WITHOUT A PERMIT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5709.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5710 39-5710 CONDUCT OF ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5710.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5711 39-5711 FUNDING AND CREATION OF PREVENTION OF MINORS' ACCESS TO TOBACCO PRODUCTS OR ELECTRONIC SMOKING DEVICES FUND.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5711.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5713 39-5713 LOCAL ORDINANCES PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5713.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5714 39-5714 REQUIREMENTS FOR DELIVERY SALES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5714.md)
- [Idaho Code § 39-5715 39-5715 AGE VERIFICATION REQUIREMENTS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T39_C57_S39-5715.md)

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