Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:902

• Commissioner: means the commissioner of alcohol and tobacco control. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Dealer: includes every person who manufactures or purchases cigars, cigarettes, or other tobacco products for distribution or resale in this state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Exporter license: means the stamping agent designation as set forth in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Place of business: means the place where the tobacco orders, alternative nicotine products orders, or vapor products orders are received, or where the taxable tobacco articles are sold, or if sold by a retail dealer upon a railroad train or on or from any other vehicle, the vehicle on which or from which the taxable articles or alternative nicotine products or vapor products are sold by the retail dealer. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Purchase: means acquisition in any manner, for any consideration. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Retail dealer: includes every dealer other than a wholesale dealer, or manufacturer who sells or offers for sale cigars, cigarettes, other tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products, irrespective of quantity or the number of sales. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Stamping agent: means a dealer that is authorized to affix tax stamps to packages or other containers of cigarettes under La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Vending machine: means any mechanical, electric, or electronic self-service device which, upon insertion of money, tokens, or any other form of payment, automatically dispenses tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, or vapor products. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Vending machine operator: means any person who controls the use of one or more vending machines as to the supply of cigarettes or any tobacco products in the machine or the receipts from cigarettes vended through such machines. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901
• Wholesale dealer: means a dealer whose principal business is that of a wholesaler, who sells cigarettes, cigars, other tobacco products, vapor products, or alternative nicotine products to retail dealers for the purpose of resale, who is a bona fide wholesaler, and fifty percent of whose total tobacco, vapor, and alternative nicotine sales are to retail stores other than its own or those of its subsidiaries or parent companies within Louisiana. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 26:901