                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 59.1-293.10)

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires another meaning:
		&#8220;Child-resistant packaging&#8221; means packaging that is designed or
constructed to meet the child-resistant effectiveness standards set forth in 16
C.F.R. § 1700.15(b)(1) when tested in accordance with the protocols described
in 16 C.F.R. § 1700.20 as in effect on July 1, 2015.
		&#8220;Department&#8221; means the Department of Taxation.
		&#8220;Liquid nicotine&#8221; means the same as that term is defined in §
58.1-1021.01.
		&#8220;Liquid nicotine container&#8221; means a bottle or other container
holding liquid nicotine in any concentration but does not include a cartridge
containing liquid nicotine if such cartridge is prefilled and sealed by the
manufacturer of such cartridge and is not intended to be opened by the consumer.
		&#8220;Nicotine vapor product&#8221;means the same as that term is defined in
§ 58.1-1021.01 and includes liquid nicotine containers.
		&#8220;Retail dealer&#8221; means the same as that term is defined in §
58.1-1021.01.
		&#8220;Retail tobacco product&#8221; means (i) any product containing, made
of, or derived from tobacco or that contains nicotine that is intended for human
consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether smoked, heated, chewed,
dissolved, inhaled, absorbed, or ingested by other means, including a cigarette,
a heated tobacco product, chewing tobacco, snuff, or snus; (ii) any electronic
smoking device and any substances that may be aerosolized or vaporized by such
device, whether or not the substance contains nicotine; and (iii) any component,
part, or accessory of a product described in clause (i) or (ii), whether or not
such component, part, or accessory contains tobacco or nicotine, including
filters, rolling papers, blunt or hemp wraps, and glass pipes. &#8220;Retail
tobacco product&#8221; includes any nicotine vapor product. &#8220;Retail
tobacco product&#8221; does not include drugs or devices, as such terms are
defined in 21 U.S.C. § 321, or combination products, as such term is used in 21
U.S.C. § 353, if such drugs, devices, or combination products are authorized
for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. &#8220;Retail tobacco
product&#8221; does not include any cigar or pipe tobacco as defined in §
58.1-1021.01.
		&#8220;Tobacco retailer&#8221; means any person, partnership, joint venture,
society, club, trustee, trust, association, organization, or corporation that
owns, operates, or manages any tobacco retail establishment. &#8220;Tobacco
retailer&#8221; does not include nonmanagement employees of a tobacco retail
establishment.
		&#8220;Tobacco retail establishment&#8221; means any place of business where
retail tobacco products are available for sale to the general public, including
any grocery store, retail tobacco product shop, kiosk, convenience store,
gasoline service station, bar, or restaurant where retail tobacco products are
available for sale to the general public.

HISTORY: 2015, cc. 739, 756; 2024, cc. 793, 796, 821, 828.