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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
(a) For the purposes of this act unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) “Agent” means any person authorized by the department of revenue to purchase and affix stamps on packages of cigarettes;
(ii) “Cigarette” means:
(A) Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco. “Cigarette” includes any roll or tube of tobacco, or product derived from tobacco, that is produced by a machine on the premises of a retail dealer or a wholesale dealer; or
(B) Any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to or purchased by consumers as a cigarette as described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(iii) “Manufacturer” means:
(A) Any entity that manufactures cigarettes or causes the manufacture of cigarettes that are intended for sale in this state including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer;
(B) Any successor of any entity described in subparagraph (A) of this paragraph.
(iv) “Quality control” and “quality assurance program” means the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors and equipment related problems do not affect the results of testing. A quality control program shall ensure that testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in W.S. 35-9-803(a)(vi) for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this act;
(v) “Repeatability” means the range of values within which the repeat results of test trials from a single laboratory must fall ninety-five percent (95%) of the time;
(vi) “Retail dealer” means any person, other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer, engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products;
(vii) “Sale” means any transfer of title or possession, exchange or barter in any manner, by any means, or by any agreement, including cash and credit sales, giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes or gifts, and the exchange of cigarettes for any consideration other than money;
(viii) “Sell” means to sell, or to offer or agree to do the same;
(ix) “Wholesale dealer” means any person other than a manufacturer who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or others for resale and any person who owns, operates or maintains one (1) or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines upon premises owned or occupied by any other person;
(x) “This act” means W.S. 35-9-801 through 35-9-811.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 35. Public Health and Safety § 35-9-802. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-35-public-health-and-safety/wy-st-sect-35-9-802/
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