Last updated: December 15, 2021
Key Terms
Tobacco Product
“Tobacco product” means tobacco in any form, including by electronic nicotine delivery systems, whether the chemical components of those systems are derived from the natural product or are manufactured by other means, in which it is used or consumed and includes the tobacco leaf, tobacco in cigarettes and any product entirely or partly made from the leaf of the tobacco plant as raw material and which is manufactured for use in smoking, sucking, chewing or snuffing tobacco or any by-product thereof.
The definition of “tobacco product” specifically includes e-cigarettes.
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))
Smoke
“Smoke” means inhaling or exhaling the emissions of tobacco and, includes so handling an ignited or heated tobacco product that it produces smoke or other emissions by any means, including by electronic means.
The definition of “smoke” specifically includes the use of tobacco products (the definition of which include e-cigarettes) by electronic means.
