                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 18.2-246.6)

For purposes of this article:
		&#8220;Adult&#8221; means a person who is at least the legal minimum
purchasing age.
		&#8220;Board&#8221; means the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic
Beverage Control Authority.
		&#8220;Consumer&#8221; means an individual who is not permitted as a
wholesaler pursuant to § 58.1-1011 or who is not a retailer.
		&#8220;Cigarette&#8221; means the same as that term is defined in § 3.2-4200.
		&#8220;Delivery sale&#8221; means any sale of cigarettes to a consumer in the
Commonwealth regardless of whether the seller is located in the Commonwealth
where either (i) the purchaser submits the order for such sale by means of a
telephonic or other method of voice transmission, the mails or any other
delivery service, or the Internet or other online service or (ii) the cigarettes
are delivered by use of the mails or a delivery service. A sale of cigarettes
not for personal consumption to a person who is a wholesale dealer or retail
dealer, as such terms are defined in § 58.1-1000, shall not be a delivery sale.
		&#8220;Delivery service&#8221; means any person who is engaged in the
commercial delivery of letters, packages, or other containers.
		&#8220;Legal minimum purchasing age&#8221; is the minimum age at which an
individual may legally purchase cigarettes in the Commonwealth.
		&#8220;Mails&#8221; or &#8220;mailing&#8221; means the shipment of cigarettes
through the United States Postal Service.
		&#8220;Shipping container&#8221; means a container in which cigarettes are
shipped in connection with a delivery sale.
		&#8220;Shipping documents&#8221; means bills of lading, airbills, or any other
documents used to evidence the undertaking by a delivery service to deliver
letters, packages, or other containers.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 1010; 2005, c. 839; 2015, cc. 38, 730; 2023, c. 32; 2025, cc.
36, 43.