For the purpose of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
BLUNT WRAPS. Rolling papers or similar tobacco related devices that are manufactured or packaged for use as wraps or hollow tubes that are designed or intended to be filled with loose tobacco, plant products, or other fillers to create custom cigars or cigar-like products.
ELECTRONIC DELIVERY DEVICES. Any product containing or delivering nicotine, lobelia, or any other substance intended for human consumption that can be used by a person in the delivery of nicotine or any other substance through inhalation of vapor from the product. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY DEVICE includes any component part of such a product, whether or not sold separately. ELECTRONIC DELIVERY DEVICE shall not include any product that has been approved or otherwise certified by the United States Food and Drug Administration for legal sales for use in tobacco-cessation treatment or other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose.
LICENSED PRODUCTS. Collectively refers to any tobacco, tobacco-related device, tobacco-related product, electronic delivery device, or nicotine or lobelia delivery product.
NICOTINE OR LOBELIA DELIVERY PRODUCT. Any product containing or delivering nicotine or lobelia intended for human consumption, or any part of such a product, that is not tobacco or an electronic delivery device as defined in this section. NICOTINE OR LOBELIA DELIVERY PRODUCT does not include any product that has been approved or otherwise certified for legal sale by the United States Food and Drug Administration for tobacco use cessation or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose.
SELF-SERVICE MERCHANDISING. Open display of tobacco related products which are accessible to the public without the intervention of an employee. Included are single packs, multiple packs, half cartons, full cartons, individual or multiple bags of tobacco for rolling and individual or multiple containers of tobacco for chewing, smoking, sniffing and other tobacco-related activities.
SMOKING. Inhaling or exhaling smoke from any lighted or heated cigarette, cigar, pipe, or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product, or inhaling or exhaling vapor from an e-cigarette or any electronic delivery device. SMOKING shall include carrying a lighted or heated cigarette, cigar, or pipe or any other lighted or heated tobacco or plant product intended for inhalation, or carrying an electronic delivery device that is turned on or otherwise activated.
TOBACCO. Any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, smoked, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any other means, or any component, part, or accessory of a tobacco product, including but not limited to, cigars; cheroots; stogies; perique; granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other smoking tobacco; snuff; snuff flour; cavendish; plug and twist tobacco; fine cut and other chewing tobaccos; shorts; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings and sweepings of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco. TOBACCO excludes any tobacco product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco-cessation product, as a tobacco-dependence product, or for other medical purposes, and is being marketed and sold solely for such an approved purpose.
TOBACCO-RELATED DEVICE. Cigarette papers or pipes for smoking or other devices intentionally designed or intended to be used in a manner that enables the chewing, sniffing, smoking, or inhalation of vapors of tobacco or tobacco products. TOBACCO-RELATED DEVICES include components of tobacco-related devices that may be marketed or sold separately.
VENDING MACHINE. Any mechanical, electric or electronic device, appliance or any other medium or object designed or used for vending purposes which, upon insertion of money, tokens or any other form of payment, dispenses tobacco products.
(`86 Code, § 4.34) (Am. Ord. 669, passed 10-17-95; Am. Ord. 1018, passed 3-18-14; Am. Ord. 1069, passed 12-18-18)