For the purpose of this code, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCTS. Any noncombustible product containing nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, absorbed, dissolved, or ingested by any other means. Alternative nicotine product does not include any vapor product, cigarette, cigar, or other tobacco product, or any product regulated as a drug or device by the United States Food and Drug Administration under Chapter V of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
TOBACCO. Any substance containing tobacco leaf, including but not limited to, cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, or dipping tobacco (this term shall be used interchangeably with nicotine.
VAPOR NICOTINE PRODUCTS. Vapor nicotine products shall mean any noncombustible product, that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit, or other electronic, chemical, or mechanical means, regardless of shape or size, that can be used to produce nicotine vapor. VAPOR NICOTINE PRODUCT shall include any vap pen, electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, hookah, or similar product or device and any vapor cartridge or other container of solution that is intended to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, electronic cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic pipe, or similar product or device. VAPOR NICOTINE PRODUCT does not include an alternative nicotine product, cigarette, cigar, or other tobacco product, or any product regulated as a drug or device by the United States Food and Drug Administration under Chapter V of the federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
(Ord. 2344, passed 4-9-20)