§ 11-9-13.4. Definitions. [Effective until April 1, 2026.]
For the purposes of this chapter:
(1) "Bidi cigarette� means any product that (i) Contains tobacco that is wrapped in temburni
or tender leaf, or that is wrapped in any other material identified by rules of the
department of health that is similar in appearance or characteristics to the temburni
or tender leaf, and (ii) Does not contain a smoke filtering device.
(2) "Court� means any appropriate district court of the state of Rhode Island.
(3) "Dealer� is synonymous with the term "retail tobacco products dealer.�
(4) "Department of behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals� means
the state of Rhode Island behavioral healthcare, developmental disabilities and hospitals
department, its employees, agents, or assigns.
(5) "Department of taxation� means the state of Rhode Island taxation division, its employees,
agents, or assigns.
(6) "Electronic nicotine-delivery system� means an electronic device that may be used
to simulate smoking in the delivery of nicotine or other substance to a person inhaling
from the device, and includes, but is not limited to, an electronic cigarette, electronic
cigar, electronic cigarillo, electronic little cigars, electronic pipe, electronic
hookah, e-liquids, e-liquid products, or any related device and any cartridge or other
component of such device.
(7) "Electronic nicotine-delivery system product� means any combination of electronic
nicotine-delivery system and/or e-liquid and/or any derivative thereof, and/or any
e-liquid container. Electronic nicotine-delivery system products shall not include
hemp-derived consumable cannabidiol (CBD) products as defined in § 2-26-3.
(8) "E-liquid� and "e-liquid products� means any liquid or substance placed in or sold
for use in an electronic nicotine-delivery system that generally utilizes a heating
element that aerosolizes, vaporizes, or combusts a liquid or other substance containing
nicotine or nicotine derivative:
(i) Whether the liquid or substance contains nicotine or a nicotine derivative; or
(ii) Whether sold separately or sold in combination with a personal vaporizer, electronic
nicotine-delivery system, or an electronic inhaler.
(9) "License� is synonymous with the term "retail tobacco products dealer license� or
"electronic nicotine-delivery system license� or any license issued under chapter 20 of title 44.
(10) "License holder� is synonymous with the term "retail tobacco products dealer� or "electronic
nicotine-delivery system license� or any licenses issued under chapter 20 of title 44.
(11) "Little cigars� means and includes any roll, made wholly or in part of tobacco, irrespective
of size or shape, and irrespective of whether the tobacco is flavored, adulterated,
or mixed with any other ingredient, where such roll has a wrapper or cover made of
tobacco wrapped in leaf tobacco or any substance containing tobacco paper or any other
material and where such roll has an integrated filter, except where such wrapper is
wholly or in greater part made of tobacco and where such roll has an integrated filter
and weighs over four (4) pounds per thousand (1,000).
(12) "Person� means any individual person, firm, fiduciary, partnership, trust, association,
or corporation licensed as a retail dealer to sell tobacco products within the state.
(13) "Retail tobacco products dealer� means the holder of a license to sell tobacco products
at retail and shall include holders of all other licenses issued under chapter 20 of title 44.
(14) "Retail tobacco products dealer license� means a license to sell tobacco products
and/or electronic nicotine-delivery system products as defined in § 44-20-1(6) at retail as issued by the department of taxation.
(15) "Spitting tobacco� also means snuff, powdered tobacco, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco,
pouch tobacco, or smokeless tobacco.
(16) "Tobacco product(s)� means any product(s) containing, made of, or derived from tobacco
or nicotine that is intended for human consumption or is likely to be consumed, whether
inhaled, absorbed, or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to,
a cigarette, a little cigar as defined in § 44-20.2-1, and any and all products as defined in § 44-20-1, electronic nicotine-delivery system products, or any added substance that may be
aerosolized, vaporized, or otherwise delivered by such an electronic nicotine-delivery
system device, whether or not that substance contains nicotine.
(i) "Tobacco product(s)� does not include drugs, devices, or combination products intended
to treat tobacco or nicotine dependence that are authorized by the United States Food
and Drug Administration, as those terms are defined in the Federal Food, Drug and
Cosmetic Act. Nor does it include such authorized drugs, devices, or combination products
with such treatment purpose by individuals under age twenty-one (21) if prescribed
by a licensed prescriber such as a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant.
(17) "Underage individual� or "underage individuals� means any individual under the age
of twenty-one (21).