Terms Used In New York Laws > Public Health > Article 17 - Ingredient Disclosures for Vapor Products and E-Cigarettes

• Byproduct: shall mean any element or compound in the finished vapor product, or in the vapor produced during consumption of a vapor product, which: (a) was created or formed during the manufacturing process as an intentional or unintentional consequence of such manufacturing process at any point in such product's supply chain, or at any point in the supply chain of any raw material or ingredient used to manufacture such product; or (b) is created or formed as an intentional or unintentional consequence of the use of an e-cigarette or consumption of a vapor product. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1700
• Contaminant: shall mean any element or compound made present in a vapor product as an unintentional consequence of manufacturing. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1700
• Ingredient: shall mean all of the following:

  (a) any intentional additive present in any quantity in a vapor product;

  (b) a byproduct or contaminant, present in a vapor product in any quantity equal to or greater than one-half of one percent of the content of such product by weight, or other amount determined by the commissioner;

  (c) a byproduct present in a vapor product in any quantity less than one-half of one percent of the content of such product by weight, provided such element or compound has been published as a chemical of concern on one or more lists identified by the commissioner; and

  (d) a contaminant present in a vapor product in a quantity determined by the commissioner and less than one-half of one percent of the content of such product by weight, provided such element or compound has been published as a chemical of concern on one or more lists identified by the commissioner. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1700

• Manufacturer: shall mean any person, firm, association, partnership, limited liability company, or corporation which produces, prepares, formulates, or compounds a vapor product or e-cigarette, or whose brand name is affixed to such product. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1700
• Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
• Partnership: A voluntary contract between two or more persons to pool some or all of their assets into a business, with the agreement that there will be a proportional sharing of profits and losses.
• Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
• Vapor products: shall mean any vapor product, as defined by section thirteen hundred ninety-nine-aa of this chapter, intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for the consumption of nicotine. See N.Y. Public Health Law 1700