18 U.S.C. § 2345
Current through P.L. 118-47 (published on www.congress.gov on 03/23/2024)
18 U.S.C. § 2345
EDITORIAL NOTES
AMENDMENTS2006- Pub. L. 109-177, §121(g)(2), substituted "Effect on State and local law" for "Effect on State law" in section catchline.Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 109-177, §121(b)(5), (e) (1), substituted "a State or local government to enact and enforce its own" for "a State to enact and enforce" and inserted "or smokeless tobacco" after "cigarettes".Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 109-177, §121(b)(5), (e) (2), substituted "of State or local governments, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State or local" for "of States, through interstate compact or otherwise, to provide for the administration of State" and inserted "or smokeless tobacco" after "cigarettes".
- State
- the term "State" means a State of the United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or the Virgin Islands;
- cigarette
- the term "cigarette" means-(A) any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco; and(B) any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette described in subparagraph (A);
- smokeless tobacco
- the term "smokeless tobacco" means any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral or nasal cavity or otherwise consumed without being combusted;