Last updated: May 15, 2020
Key Terms
Tobacco Product
“Tobacco product”' means a product composed in whole or in part of tobacco, including tobacco leaves and any extract of tobacco leaves intended for use by smoking, inhalation, chewing, sniffing, sucking or any other means of consumption and it includes cigarette papers, tubes and filters.
The law’s definition of “tobacco product” aligns with the definition provided in the FCTC Art. 1(f) and is broader in that it includes cigarette papers, tubes, and filters.
Any product entirely or partly made of the leaf tobacco as a raw material which is manufactured to be used for smoking, sucking, chewing, or snuffing. (FCTC Art. 1(f))
Outside Packaging and Labeling
“Package” means the container, receptacle or wrapper in which a tobacco product is sold or displayed or distributed at retail, including a carton in which multiple packages are stored.
The law’s definition of “package” aligns with the definition of “outside packaging and labeling” contained in FCTC Art. 11.
Any packaging and labeling used in the retail sale of the product. (FCTC Art. 11(4))
