2020 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 202 - Crimes Against Public Health and Safety
NRS 202.2485 - Definitions. [Effective January 1, 2020.]
As used in NRS 202.2485 to 202.2497, inclusive:
1. "Alternative nicotine product" means any noncombustible product containing nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether chewed, absorbed, dissolved or ingested by any other means. The term does not include:
(a) A vapor product;
(b) A product made or derived from tobacco; or
(c) Any product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration under Subchapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 351 et seq.
2. "Distribute" includes furnishing, giving away or providing products made or derived from tobacco or samples thereof at no cost to promote the product, whether or not in combination with a sale.
3. "Health authority" means the district health officer in a district, or his or her designee, or, if none, the Chief Medical Officer, or his or her designee.
4. "Product made or derived from tobacco" does not include any product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration pursuant to Subchapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 351 et seq.
5. "Vapor product":
(a) Means any noncombustible product containing nicotine or any other substance that employs a heating element, power source, electronic circuit or other electronic, chemical or mechanical means, regardless of the shape or size thereof, that can be used to produce vapor from nicotine or any other substance in a solution or other form, the use or inhalation of which simulates smoking.
(b) Includes, without limitation:
(1) An electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, pipe, hookah, or vape pen, or a similar product or device; and
(2) The components of such a product or device, whether or not sold separately, including, without limitation, vapor cartridges or other container of nicotine or any other substance in a solution or other form that is intended to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, pipe, hookah, or vape pen, or a similar product or device, atomizers, cartomizers, digital displays, clearomizers, tank systems, flavors, programmable software or other similar products or devices. As used in this subparagraph, "component" means a product or device intended primarily or exclusively to be used with or in an electronic cigarette, cigar, cigarillo, pipe, hookah, or vape pen, or a similar product or device.
(c) Does not include any product regulated by the United States Food and Drug Administration pursuant to Subchapter V of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. §§ 351 et seq.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2843; A 1995, 2603; 2001, 2788; 2013, 1530; 2015, 1936; 2019, 3594, effective January 1, 2020)
