A dealer or distributor may not sell cigarettes, cigarette papers, snuff, cigars, electronic smoking devices, or tobacco in this state at wholesale or at retail unless a license has been issued to that dealer or distributor as prescribed by this chapter, and a person may not sell, offer for sale, or possess with the intent to sell, any cigarettes, cigarette papers, snuff, cigars, electronic smoking devices, or tobacco without such license.
N.D.C.C. § 57-36-05