Title 75, Regulation of Trade, Commerce and Investments

Any contract, express or implied, made by any person in violation of any of the provisions of the Unfair Cigarette Sales Law, is illegal and void and no recovery shall be had thereon.

(a) In determining cost to the wholesaler and cost to the retailer the court shall receive and consider as bearing on the bona fides of such cost, evidence tending to show that any person complained against under any of the provisions of the Unfair Cigarette Sales Law purchased t…

In establishing the basic cost of cigarettes to a wholesaler or a retailer, it shall not be permissible to use the invoice cost or the actual cost of any cigarettes purchased at a forced, bankrupt, or closeout sale, or other sale outside of the ordinary channels of trade.

(a) The state tax commission, or any person injured by any violation, or who would suffer injury from any threatened violation of the Unfair Cigarette Sales Law, may maintain an action in any court of equity jurisdiction to prevent, restrain, or enjoin such violation or threatene…

The State Tax Commission shall prescribe, adopt and enforce rules and regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of the Unfair Cigarette Sales Law. The commission is hereby empowered to and may from time to time undertake and make or cause to be made one or more c…

After March 24, 1954, no person shall engage in or conduct the business of purchasing for resale or selling cigarettes without having first obtained the appropriate license for that purpose. All such licenses shall be issued by the state tax commission or its designated agent, wh…

It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent to encourage fair and honest competition, and to safeguard the public against unfair, dishonest, deceptive, destructive, and fraudulent business practices existing in transactions involving the sale of, offer to sell, or induceme…

(a) The following words, terms and phrases, when used in the Unfair Cigarette Sales Law, shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this section except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:(a) “Person” shall mean and include any individual, firm, association, c…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any wholesaler or retailer, with intent to injure competitors or destroy or substantially lessen competition, to advertise, offer to sell, or sell, at retail or wholesale, cigarettes at less than cost to such wholesaler or retailer, as the case may be…

In all advertisements, offers for sale or sales involving two (2) or more items, at least one (1) of which items is cigarettes, at a combined price, and in all advertisements, offers for sale, or sales, involving the giving of any gift or concession of any kind whatsoever (whethe…

(a) As used in this article:(a) “Commission” or “department” means the Mississippi Department of Revenue.(b) “Cigarette” means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective of size or shape and whether such tobacco is flavored, adulterated or mixed with any…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person:(a) To sell or distribute in this state or to acquire, hold, own, possess or transport, for sale or distribution in this state; or to import, or cause to be imported, into this state for sale or distribution in this state:(i) Any cigarettes…

Any person who commits any of the acts prohibited by Section 75-23-33, either knowing or having reason to know he is doing so, shall be guilty of a felony, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not more than Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) or imprisonment o…

(1) Upon finding a violation of this article or a regulation promulgated pursuant to this article, the commission may revoke or suspend the license or licenses of any permittee pursuant to the procedures set forth in Section 27-69-9 and may also impose on the permittee a civil pe…

For purposes of this chapter, cigarettes imported or reimported into the United States for sale or distribution under any trade name, trade dress or trademark that is the same as, or is confusingly similar to, any trade name, trade dress or trademark used for cigarettes manufactu…

(1) This article shall be enforced by the Attorney General, local district attorneys and local county prosecuting attorneys. The authority enforcing this article may request the assistance of local law enforcement agencies, and local law enforcement agencies receiving a request f…

(1) This article shall not apply to:(a) Cigarettes allowed to be imported or brought into the United States for personal use; and(b) Cigarettes sold or intended to be sold as duty-free merchandise by a duty-free sales enterprise in accordance with the provisions of 19 USCS 1555(b…

It is hereby declared to be the legislative intent to encourage fair and honest competition; and to provide the retail merchants of this state with a freedom of choice concerning those books, pamphlets, magazines, periodicals, newspapers, picture magazines, comic books, story pap…

Any contract or agreement of any nature which would, directly or indirectly, require, or result in requiring, any retail merchant located in this state to obtain or offer for sale within his individual establishment any books, pamphlets, magazines, periodicals, newspapers, pictur…