§ 54:40A-56 Definitions relative to reduced cigarette ignition propensity.

New Jersey § 54:40A-56 Definitions relative to reduced cigarette ignition propensity.

• Jurisdiction: New Jersey
• Title 54: TAXATION

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3. For the purposes of this act: "Agent" shall mean any person authorized by the State to purchase and affix tax stamps on packages of cigarettes. "Cigarette" shall mean any roll for smoking whether made wholly or in part of tobacco or any other substance, irrespective of size or shape and whether the tobacco or substance is flavored, adulterated or mixed with any other ingredient, the wrapper or cover of which is made of paper or any other substance or material except tobacco. "Director" shall mean the Director of the Division of Fire Safety in the Department of Community Affairs. "Manufacturer" shall mean: a. any entity which manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that such manufacturer intends to be sold in this State, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer; or b. the first purchaser anywhere that intends to resell in the United States cigarettes manufactured anywhere that the original manufacturer or maker does not intend to be sold in the United States; or c. any entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in subsection a. or b. "Quality control and quality assurance program" shall mean the laboratory procedures implemented to ensure that operator bias, systematic and nonsystematic methodological errors, and equipment-related problems do not affect the results of the testing. Such a program ensures that the testing repeatability remains within the required repeatability values stated in paragraph (6) of subsection a. of section 4 of this act for all test trials used to certify cigarettes in accordance with this act. "Repeatability" shall mean the range of values within which the repeat results of cigarette test trials from a single laboratory will fall 95 percent of the time. "Retail dealer" shall mean any person other than a manufacturer or wholesale dealer engaged in selling cigarettes or tobacco products. "Sale" shall mean any transfer of title or possession or both, exchange or barter, conditional or otherwise, in any manner or by any means whatever or any such agreement. In addition to cash and credit sales, the giving of cigarettes as samples, prizes or gifts, and the exchanging of cigarettes for any consideration other than money are considered sales. "Sell" shall mean to sell, or to offer or agree to do the same. "Wholesale dealer" shall mean any person who sells cigarettes or tobacco products to retail dealers or other persons for purposes of resale, and any person who owns, operates or maintains one or more cigarette or tobacco product vending machines in, at or upon premises owned or occupied by any other person. L.2007, c.86, s.3.