P.R. Laws tit. 24, § 901
(a) Master settlement agreement. — Means the settlement agreement signed on November 23, 1998 by the Puerto Rico Government and the main manufacturers of tobacco products in the United States, as well as the documents related to the same.
(b) Cigarette. — Means any product that contains nicotine, and that is designed to be burned or heated under normal conditions of use, and consisting of, or containing:
(1) Any tobacco roll enveloped in paper or in any substance or material that does not contain tobacco.
(2) Tobacco in any form or any roll of tobacco wrapped in some substance or material containing tobacco, which due to its appearance, tobacco type used in the filling, its wrapping or labeling, is susceptible of being used, offered or bought as a cigarette.
(3) Any type of tobacco that, due to its appearance, intrinsic characteristics, packing or labeling, lends itself to being used and can be offered or purchased by consumers as tobacco to make cigarettes (“roll your own”).
For the purposes of this definition, 0.09 ounces of this type of tobacco, constitute an individual cigarette.
(c) Manufacturer of tobacco products. — Means an entity that after the effective date of this act, directly and not exclusively through any affiliate:
(1) Manufactures cigarettes for sale or also imports them for sale in the United States (including Puerto Rico);
(2) it is the first purchaser in any place, for the resale in the United States (including Puerto Rico) of cigarettes manufactured in any place of the world, that the manufacturer did not have the intention of selling in the United States (including Puerto Rico), or
(3) becomes a successor of any entity described in clauses (1) or (2) of this subsection.
The term “tobacco products manufacturer” shall not include an affiliate, unless the latter qualifies, by itself, in any of clauses (1) to (3) of this subsection.
History —Sept. 2, 2000, No. 359, § 2.