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(ii) the first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend for sale in the United States; or (iii) the successor to a person listed in clause (i) or (ii).\n\t\t“Package” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in 15 U.S.C. \u00a7 1332 (4).\n\t\t“Quality control and quality assurance program” means laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing, and the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability value for any test trial used to certify cigarettes under this chapter.\n\t\t“Repeatability” means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time.\n\t\t“Retailer” means a person who (i) sells cigarettes to consumers through vending machines on fewer than 40 premises; (ii) otherwise sells cigarettes to consumers; or (iii) holds cigarettes for sale to consumers.\n\t\t“Vending machine operator” means a person who (i) holds cigarettes for sale to consumers through vending machines on 40 or more premises or (ii) sells cigarettes to consumers through vending machines on 40 or more premises.\n\t\t“Wholesaler” means a person who (i) holds cigarettes for sale to another person for resale or (ii) sells cigarettes to another person for resale.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":236166,"text":"As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Cigarette” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in \u00a7 58.1-1031.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Taxation.\n\t\t“Director” means the Executive Director of the Department of Fire Programs.\n\t\t“Importer” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in 26 U.S.C. \u00a7 5702 (k).\n\t\t“Manufacturer” means (i) a person who manufactures or otherwise produces, or causes to be manufactured or produced, cigarettes intended for sale in the Commonwealth, including cigarettes intended for sale in the United States through an importer; (ii) the first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend for sale in the United States; or (iii) the successor to a person listed in clause (i) or (ii).\n\t\t“Package” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in 15 U.S.C. \u00a7 1332 (4).\n\t\t“Quality control and quality assurance program” means laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing, and the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability value for any test trial used to certify cigarettes under this chapter.\n\t\t“Repeatability” means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time.\n\t\t“Retailer” means a person who (i) sells cigarettes to consumers through vending machines on fewer than 40 premises; 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This law was first created in 2014. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 370<\/a> and 418<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year.<\/p>","references":[{"id":54770,"section_number":"58.1-1003.3","catch_line":"Roll-your-own cigarette machines","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1003.3\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":79972,"section_number":"58.1-1031","catch_line":"Definitions","order_by":null,"url":"\/58.1-1031\/"}],"permalink":{"id":285273,"object_type":"law","relational_id":64906,"identifier":"9.1-209","token":"9.1\/2.1\/9.1-209","url":"\/9.1-209\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/9.1-209\/","token":"9.1\/2.1\/9.1-209","dublin_core":{"Title":"Definitions","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 9.1-209","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Cigarette” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in \u00a7 58.1-1031<\/a>.\n\t\t“Department<\/span>” means the Department<\/span> of Taxation.\n\t\t“Director<\/span>” means the Executive Director<\/span> of the Department<\/span> of Fire Programs.\n\t\t“Importer” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in 26 U.S.C. \u00a7 5702 (k).\n\t\t“Manufacturer<\/span>” means (i) a person who manufactures or otherwise produces, or causes to be manufactured or produced, cigarettes intended for sale in the Commonwealth, including cigarettes intended for sale in the United States through an importer; (ii) the first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes that the original manufacturer<\/span> or maker does not intend for sale in the United States; or (iii) the successor to a person listed in clause (i) or (ii).\n\t\t“Package” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in 15 U.S.C. \u00a7 1332 (4).\n\t\t“Quality control and quality assurance program<\/span>” means laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing, and the testing repeatability<\/span> remains within the required repeatability<\/span> value for any test trial<\/span> used to certify cigarettes under this chapter.\n\t\t“Repeatability<\/span>” means the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials<\/span> from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time.\n\t\t“Retailer<\/span>” means a person who (i) sells cigarettes to consumers through vending machines on fewer than 40 premises; (ii) otherwise sells cigarettes to consumers; or (iii) holds cigarettes for sale to consumers.\n\t\t“Vending machine operator<\/span>” means a person who (i) holds cigarettes for sale to consumers through vending machines on 40 or more premises or (ii) sells cigarettes to consumers through vending machines on 40 or more premises.\n\t\t“Wholesaler<\/span>” means a person who (i) holds cigarettes for sale to another person for resale or (ii) sells cigarettes to another person for resale.<\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDEFINITIONS (\u00a7 9.1-209)\n\nAs used in this chapter, unless the context requires a different meaning:\n\t\t“Cigarette” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in \u00a7 58.1-1031.\n\t\t“Department” means the Department of Taxation.\n\t\t“Director” means the Executive Director of the Department of Fire\nPrograms.\n\t\t“Importer” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in 26 U.S.C. \u00a7\n5702 (k).\n\t\t“Manufacturer” means (i) a person who manufactures or otherwise\nproduces, or causes to be manufactured or produced, cigarettes intended for sale\nin the Commonwealth, including cigarettes intended for sale in the United States\nthrough an importer; (ii) the first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in\nthe United States cigarettes that the original manufacturer or maker does not\nintend for sale in the United States; or (iii) the successor to a person listed\nin clause (i) or (ii).\n\t\t“Package” has the same meaning ascribed thereto in 15 U.S.C. \u00a7\n1332 (4).\n\t\t“Quality control and quality assurance program” means laboratory\nprocedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and\nnonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not\naffect the results of the testing, and the testing repeatability remains within\nthe required repeatability value for any test trial used to certify cigarettes\nunder this chapter.\n\t\t“Repeatability” means the range of values within which the repeat\nresults of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent\nof the time.\n\t\t“Retailer” means a person who (i) sells cigarettes to consumers\nthrough vending machines on fewer than 40 premises; (ii) otherwise sells\ncigarettes to consumers; or (iii) holds cigarettes for sale to consumers.\n\t\t“Vending machine operator” means a person who (i) holds cigarettes\nfor sale to consumers through vending machines on 40 or more premises or (ii)\nsells cigarettes to consumers through vending machines on 40 or more premises.\n\t\t“Wholesaler” means a person who (i) holds cigarettes for sale to\nanother person for resale or (ii) sells cigarettes to another person for resale.\n\nHISTORY: 2014, cc. 370, 418.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}