Definitions. For the purpose of this regulation, the following words
shall have the following meanings:
BUSINESS AGENT
An individual who has been designated by the owner or operator
of any establishment to be the manager or otherwise in charge of said
establishment.
EMPLOYEE
Any individual who performs services for an employer.
EMPLOYER
Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, trust
or other organized group of individuals, including the Town of Blackstone
or any agency thereof, which uses the services of one or more employees.
MINOR
Any individual who is under the age of 21.
NICOTINE DELIVERY PRODUCT
Any manufactured article or product made wholly or in part
of a tobacco substitute or containing nicotine that is expected or
intended for human consumption, but not including a product approved
by the United States Food Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco
use cessation or harm reduction product or for other medical purposes
and which is being marketed and sold solely for that approved purpose.
Nicotine delivery products include, but are not limited to, e-cigarettes,
e-cigars, e-hookahs and similar products.
PERMIT HOLDER
Any person engaged in the sale or distribution of tobacco
products directly to consumers who applies for and receives a tobacco
sales permit or any person who is required to apply for a tobacco
sales permit pursuant to these regulations, or his or her business
agent.
PERSON
An individual, employer, employee, retail store manager or
owner, or the owner or operator of any establishment engaged in the
sale or distribution of tobacco products directly to consumers.
SELF SERVICE DISPLAY
Any display from which customers may select a tobacco product
without assistance from an employee or store personnel, excluding
vending machines.
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Cigarettes, cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, bidis,
snuff or tobacco in any of its forms, pipes and hookahs for tobacco
use, electronic cigarettes and/or battery-powered vaporizers, e-liquids
and/or heating elements.
VENDING MACHINE
Any automated or mechanical self service device, which upon
insertion of money, tokens or any other form of payment, dispenses
cigarettes or any other tobacco product.