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Md. Code Ann., Loc. Gov't § 1-1201

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) “Distribute” means to:

(1) give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue;

(2) offer to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue; or

(3) cause or hire any person to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue or offer to give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue.

(c) (1) “Tobacco product” means a product that is:

(i) intended for human inhalation, absorption, ingestion, smoking, heating, chewing, dissolving, or any other manner of consumption that is made of, derived from, or contains:

1. tobacco; or

2. nicotine; or

(ii) an accessory or a component used in any manner of consumption of a product described in item (i) of this paragraph.

(2) “Tobacco product” includes:

(i) cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, and snus;

(ii) electronic smoking devices; and

(iii) filters, rolling papers, pipes, and liquids used in electronic smoking devices regardless of nicotine content.

(3) “Tobacco product” does not include a drug, device, or combination product authorized for sale by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.

Official source: Maryland General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Maryland statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.