Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapter 196 > Part III - Other Provisions

• Cigarette: means :

  (1) Any roll for smoking, whether made wholly or in part of tobacco or any other substance, irrespective of size or shape, and whether or not the tobacco or substance is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, with a wrapper or cover that is made of paper or any other substance or material, other than tobacco; or

  (2) Any roll for smoking wrapped in any substance containing tobacco, which, due to 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 as described in paragraph (1). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2

• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• county: includes the city and county of Honolulu. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 1-22
• Dealer: means the same as defined in § 245-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2
• Electricity: means all electrical energy produced by combustion of any fuel, or generated or produced using wind, the sun, geothermal heat, ocean water, falling water, currents, and waves, or any other source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
• Energy: means work or heat that is, or may be, produced from any fuel or source whatsoever. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
• Energy resources: means fuel, and also includes all electrical or thermal energy produced by combustion of any fuel, or generated, produced, or stored using wind, the sun, geothermal heat, ocean water, falling water, currents, waves, or any other source. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
• Fuel: means fuels, whether liquid, solid, or gaseous, commercially usable for energy needs, power generation, and fuels manufacture, that may be manufactured, grown, produced, or imported into the State or that may be exported therefrom, including petroleum and petroleum products and gases to include all fossil fuel-based gases, coal tar, vegetable ferments, biomass, municipal solid waste, biofuels, hydrogen, agricultural products used as fuels and as feedstock to produce fuels, and all fuel alcohols. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 196-2
• Manufacturer: means :

  (1) Any entity that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere, and intends to sell these cigarettes:

  (A) In this State; or

  (B) Anywhere in the United States through an importer;

  (2) The first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States; or

  (3) Any entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in paragraph (1) or (2). See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2

• selling: means any transfer of title or possession, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise, and includes the giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes, or gifts, and the exchange of cigarettes for any consideration. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2
• Wholesaler: means the same as defined in § 245-1. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 132C-2