P.R. Laws tit. 23, § 1041
For the purposes of this chapter, the following prohibitions are established:
(a) No person may place or allow the placement of advertisements, signs or commercial propaganda for cigarettes or for any other product manufactured with tobacco or with any kind of material, regardless of what it is made of, that may be used to roll any kind of shredded tobacco for manufacturing cigarettes, cigars, or flavored cigarettes, as these are defined in this chapter, at a distance of less than five hundred (500) feet from a public or private school. This distance shall be measured from the point closest to the outer boundary of the lot occupied by the school, to the point where the advertisement, sign or commercial propaganda is located.
(b) No person may undertake the publicity or commercial promotion of cigarettes or products manufactured with tobacco or any kind of material, regardless of what it is made of, that may be used to roll any kind of shredded tobacco for manufacturing cigarettes, cigars, or flavored cigarettes, as these are defined by this chapter, in cinemas, theaters and parks.
(c) No person may distribute free samples of cigarettes or products manufactured with tobacco or any kind of material, regardless of what it is made of, that may be used to roll any kind of shredded tobacco for manufacturing cigarettes, cigars, or flavored cigarettes, as these are defined by this chapter:
(1) To minors under eighteen (18) years of age.
(2) In places where, because of the activity being carried out, the presence of minors under eighteen (18) years of age is allowed.
(3) Within a distance of less than five hundred (500) feet from a public or private school, it being understood that this distance shall be measured from the point closest to the outer boundary of the lot occupied by the school.
History —Aug. 5, 1993, No. 62, § 2, renumbered as § 3 and amended on Sept. 16, 2004, No. 361, § 5.