Connecticut § 4-28k Cigarette manufacturers: Enforcement. Definitions.

Connecticut Statutes

§ 4-28k — Cigarette manufacturers: Enforcement. Definitions.

Connecticut § 4-28k

Title 4Management of State Agencies

Ch. 47State Property and Funds

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Bluebook

Conn. Gen. Stat. § 4-28k (2026).

Text

As used in sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive:

(1)“Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trade mark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, menthol, lights, kings and 100's, and includes any use of a brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes;

(2)“Cigarette” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ;

(3)“Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services;

(4)“Importer” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ;

(5)“Master Settlement Agr

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As used in sections 4-28k to 4-28r, inclusive: (1) “Brand family” means all styles of cigarettes sold under the same trade mark and differentiated from one another by means of additional modifiers or descriptors, including, but not limited to, menthol, lights, kings and 100's, and includes any use of a brand name, alone or in conjunction with any other word, trademark, logo, symbol, motto, selling message, recognizable pattern of colors, or any other indicia of product identification identical or similar to, or identifiable with, a previously known brand of cigarettes; (2) “Cigarette” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ; (3) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Revenue Services; (4) “Importer” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ; (5) “Master Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ; (6) “Nonparticipating manufacturer” means any tobacco product manufacturer that is not a participating manufacturer; (7) “Nonparticipating Manufacturer Adjustment Settlement Agreement” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ; (8) “Participating manufacturer” has the meaning as provided in section II(jj) of the Master Settlement Agreement and all amendments thereto; (9) “Qualified escrow fund” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ; (10) “Stamper” means, in the case of cigarettes other than roll-your-own tobacco, a person that under chapter 214 may lawfully purchase unstamped packages of cigarettes and affix Connecticut cigarette tax stamps to such packages, and, in the case of roll-your-own tobacco, a person licensed as a distributor under chapter 214a and required to pay the tax due on such tobacco under said chapter 214a; (11) “Tobacco product manufacturer” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h ; and (12) “Units sold” has the same meaning as provided in section 4-28h .

Legislative History

(P.A. 04-218, S. 1; P.A. 14-155, S. 6.) History: P.A. 14-155 added new Subdiv. (4) defining “importer” and new Subdiv. (5) defining “Master Settlement Agreement”, redesignated existing Subdiv. (4) as Subdiv. (6), added new Subdiv. (7) defining “Nonparticipating Manufacturer Adjustment Settlement Agreement”, and redesignated existing Subdivs. (5) to (9) as Subdivs. (8) to (12), effective January 1, 2015.