Each cigarette a manufacturer lists in a certification submitted pursuant to section 3739.07 of the Revised Code for which the manufacturer uses lowered permeability bands in the cigarette paper to comply with the testing requirements described in division (B) of section 3739.03 of the Revised Code shall have either of the following bands surrounding the tobacco column:

Terms Used In Ohio Code 3739.08

  • Manufacturer: means either of the following:

    (1) Any entity or the entity's successor that, in any location, manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes, or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced, that the entity intends to be sold in this state, including, but not limited to, cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer;

    (2) Any entity or the entity's successor that meets both of the following criteria:

    (a) Purchases cigarettes, in any location, from a second entity that manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes in any location when that second entity does not intend that the cigarettes it manufactures be sold in the United States;

    (b) Intends to resell the cigarettes described in division (D)(2)(a) of this section in the United States. See Ohio Code 3739.01

(A) For cigarettes on which bands are not positioned by design, at least two nominally identical bands, one of which shall be located at least fifteen millimeters from the lighting end of the cigarette;

(B) For cigarettes on which bands are positioned by design, at least two bands, one of which is located at least fifteen millimeters from the lighting end of the cigarette and the other of which is located in either of following places:

(1) For filtered cigarettes, ten millimeters from the filter end of the tobacco column;

(2) For nonfiltered cigarettes, ten millimeters from the labeled end of the tobacco column.

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