2015 US Code
Title 15 - Commerce and Trade (Sections 1 - 8405)
Chapter 70 - Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education (Sections 4401 - 4408)
Sec. 4408 - Definitions
Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 15 - COMMERCE AND TRADE CHAPTER 70 - COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH EDUCATION Sec. 4408 - Definitions |
Contains | section 4408 |
Date | 2015 |
Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 99-252, §9, Feb. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 111-31, div. A, title I, §101(c), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1830. |
Statutes at Large References | 100 Stat. 34 123 Stat. 1830 |
Public and Private Laws | Public Law 99-252, Public Law 111-31 |
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For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term "smokeless tobacco" has the meaning given such term by section 387(18) of title 21.
(2) The term "commerce" means (A) commerce between any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island and any place outside thereof; (B) commerce between points in any State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island, but through any place outside thereof; or (C) commerce wholly within the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston Island.
(3) The term "United States", when used in a geographical sense, includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, and installations of the Armed Forces.
(4) The term "package" means a pack, box, carton, pouch, or container of any kind in which smokeless tobacco products are offered for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed to consumers.
(5) The term "sale or distribution" includes sampling or any other distribution not for sale.
(6) The term "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(Pub. L. 99–252, §9, Feb. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 34; Pub. L. 111–31, div. A, title I, §101(c), June 22, 2009, 123 Stat. 1830.)
AMENDMENTS2009—Par. (1). Pub. L. 111–31 amended par. (1) generally. Prior to amendment, par. (1) read as follows: "The term 'smokeless tobacco' means any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral cavity."
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