Terms Used In Maryland Code, LOCAL GOVERNMENT 1-1201

  • Person: includes an individual, receiver, trustee, guardian, personal representative, fiduciary, representative of any kind, corporation, partnership, business trust, statutory trust, limited liability company, firm, association, or other nongovernmental entity. See
(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Distribute” means to:

(1) give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue;

(2) offer to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue; or

(3) cause or hire any person to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue or offer to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue.

(c) (1) “Tobacco product” means a product that is:

(i) intended for human inhalation, absorption, ingestion, smoking, heating, chewing, dissolving, or any other manner of consumption that is made of, derived from, or contains:

1. tobacco; or

2. nicotine; or

(ii) an accessory or a component used in any manner of consumption of a product described in item (i) of this paragraph.

(2) “Tobacco product” includes:

(i) cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, and snus;

(ii) electronic smoking devices; and

(iii) filters, rolling papers, pipes, and liquids used in electronic smoking devices regardless of nicotine content.

(3) “Tobacco product” does not include a drug, device, or combination product authorized for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.