This regulation is promulgated pursuant to the authority granted
to the Easton Board of Health by Massachusetts General Laws Chapter
111, Section 31 which states "Boards of health may make reasonable
health regulations."
For the purpose of this regulation, the following words shall
have the following meanings [Note: Such terms, as used herein need
not be capitalized in order to have the below-defined meaning.]:
BLUNT WRAP
Any tobacco product manufactured or packaged as a wrap or
as a hollow tube made wholly or in part from tobacco that is designed
or intended to be filled by the consumer with loose tobacco or other
fillers.
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.
CHARACTERIZING FLAVOR
A distinguishable taste or aroma, other than the taste or
aroma of tobacco, menthol, mint or wintergreen, imparted or detectable
either prior to or during consumption of a tobacco product or component
part thereof, including, but not limited to, tastes or aromas relating
to any fruit, chocolate, vanilla, honey, candy, cocoa, dessert, alcoholic
beverage, herb or spice; provided, however, that no tobacco product
shall be determined to have a characterizing flavor solely because
of the provision of ingredient information or the use of additives
or flavorings that do not contribute to the distinguishable taste
or aroma of the product.
CIGAR
Any roll of tobacco that is wrapped in leaf tobacco or in
any substance containing tobacco with or without a tip or mouthpiece
not otherwise defined as a cigarette under Massachusetts General Law,
Chapter 64C, Section 1, Paragraph 1.
COMPONENT PART
Any element of a tobacco product, including, but not limited
to, the tobacco, filter and paper, but not including any constituent.
CONSTITUENT
Any ingredient, substance, chemical or compound, other than
tobacco, water or reconstituted tobacco sheet, that is added by the
manufacturer to a tobacco product during the processing, manufacturing
or packaging of the tobacco product. Such term shall include a smoke
constituent.
COUPON
Any card, paper, note, form, statement, ticket or other issue
distributed for commercial or promotional purposes to be later surrendered
by the bearer so as to receive an article, service or accommodation
without charge or at a discount price.
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Any public or private college, school, professional school,
scientific or technical institution, university or other institution
furnishing a program of higher education, including, but not limited
to: elementary schools, middle schools, high schools and colleges.
EMPLOYEE
Any individual who performs services for an employer.
EMPLOYER
Any individual, partnership, association, corporation, trust
or other organized group of individuals that uses the services of
one or more employees.
FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCT
Any tobacco product or component part thereof that contains
a Constituent that has or produces a Characterizing Flavor. A public
statement, claim or indicia made or disseminated by the manufacturer
of a tobacco product, or by any person authorized or permitted by
the manufacturer to make or disseminate public statements concerning
such tobacco product, that such tobacco product has or produces a
characterizing flavor shall constitute presumptive evidence that the
tobacco product is a flavored tobacco product.
HEALTH CARE INSTITUTION
An individual, partnership, association, corporation or trust
or any person or group of persons that provides health care services
and employs health care providers licensed, or subject to licensing,
by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health under MGL c. 112
or a retail establishment that provides pharmaceutical goods and services
and is subject to the provisions of 247 CMR 6.00. Health care institutions
include, but are not limited to, hospitals, clinics, health centers,
pharmacies, drug stores, doctor offices, optician/optometrist offices
and dentist offices.
LIQUID NICOTINE CONTAINER
A bottle or other vessel which contains nicotine in liquid
or gel form, whether or not combined with another substance or substances,
for use in a tobacco product, as defined herein. The term does not
include a container containing nicotine in a cartridge that is sold,
marketed, or intended for use in a tobacco product, as defined herein,
if the cartridge is prefilled and sealed by the manufacturer and not
intended to be open by the consumer or retailer.
LISTED OR NON-DISCOUNTED PRICE
The higher of the price listed for a tobacco product on its
package or the price listed on any related shelving, posting, advertising
or display at the place where the tobacco product is sold or offered
for sale plus all applicable taxes if such taxes are not included
in the state price, and before the application of any discounts or
coupons.
NON-RESIDENTIAL ROLL-YOUR-OWN (RYO) MACHINE
A mechanical device made available for use (including to
an individual who produces cigars, cigarettes, smokeless tobacco,
pipe tobacco, or roll-your-own tobacco solely for the individual's
own personal consumption or use) that is capable of making cigarettes,
cigars or other tobacco products. RYO machines located in private
homes used for solely personal consumption are not Non-Residential
RYO machines.
PERMIT HOLDER
Any person engaged in the sale or distribution of tobacco
products who applies for and receives a tobacco product sales permit
or any person who is required to apply for a Tobacco Product Sales
Permit pursuant to these regulations, or his or her business agent.
PERSON
Any individual, firm, partnership, association, corporation,
company or organization of any kind, including but not limited to,
an owner, operator, manager, proprietor or person in charge of any
establishment, business or retail store.
RETAIL TOBACCO STORE
An establishment that is not required to possess a retail
food permit whose primary purpose is to sell or offer for sale, but
not for resale, tobacco products and tobacco paraphernalia, in which
the sale of other products is merely incidental, and in which the
entry of persons under the minimum legal sales age is prohibited at
all times, and maintains a valid permit for the retail sale of tobacco
products as required to be issued by the Easton Board of Health.
SCHOOLS
Public or private elementary or secondary schools.
SELF-SERVICE DISPLAY
Any display from which customers may select a tobacco product,
as defined herein, without assistance from an employee or store personnel.
SMOKE CONSTITUENT
Any chemical or chemical compound in mainstream or sidestream
tobacco smoke that either transfers from any component of the tobacco
product to the smoke or that is formed by the combustion or heating
of tobacco, additives or other component of the tobacco product.
SMOKING BAR
An establishment that primarily is engaged in the retail
sale of tobacco products for consumption by customers on the premises
and is required by Mass. General Law Ch. 270, § 22 to maintain
a valid permit to operate a smoking bar issued by the Massachusetts
Department of Revenue. "Smoking bar" shall include, but not be limited
to, those establishments that are commonly known as "cigar bars" and
"hookah bars."
TOBACCO PRODUCT
Any product containing, made, or derived from tobacco or
nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, chewed,
absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed, or ingested by any
other means, including, but not limited to: cigarettes, cigars, little
cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff, or electronic cigarettes,
electronic cigars, electronic pipes, electronic hookah, or other similar
products, regardless of nicotine content, that rely on vaporization
or aerosolization. "Tobacco product" includes any component or part
of a tobacco product. "Tobacco product" does not include any product
that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration
either as a tobacco use cessation product or for other medical purposes
and which is being marketed and sold or prescribed solely for the
approved purpose.
VENDING MACHINE
Any automated or mechanical self-service device, which upon
insertion of money, tokens or any other form of payment, dispenses
or makes cigarettes or any other tobacco products, as defined herein.
No person shall sell or distribute or cause to be sold or distributed
any flavored tobacco product, except in smoking bars and retail tobacco
stores.
No person or entity shall sell or distribute blunt wraps in
Easton.
All self-service displays of tobacco products, as defined herein,
are prohibited. All humidors including, but not limited to, walk-in
humidors must be locked.
All vending machines containing tobacco products, as defined
herein, are prohibited.
All Non-Residential Roll-Your-Own machines are prohibited.
No health care institution located in Easton shall sell or cause
to be sold tobacco products, as defined herein. No retail establishment
that operates or has a health care institution within it, such as
a pharmacy, optician/optometrist or drug store, shall sell or cause
to be sold tobacco products, as defined herein.
No educational institution located in Easton shall sell or cause
to be sold tobacco products, as defined herein. This includes all
educational institutions as well as any retail establishments that
operate on the property of an educational institution.
Whoever violates any provision of this regulation may be penalized
by the non-criminal method of disposition as provided in Massachusetts
General Laws, Chapter 40, Section 21D or by filing a criminal complaint
at the appropriate venue.
Each day any violation exists shall be deemed to be a separate
offense.
If any provision of this regulation is declared invalid or unenforceable,
the other provisions shall not be affected thereby but shall continue
in full force and effect.
This regulation shall take effect on ______________________,
2016.