8-17-271
Section 8-17-271 Definitions. As used in this article, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) AGENT. Any person authorized by the Department of Revenue to purchase and affix stamps on packages of cigarettes. (2) CIGARETTE. Any of the following: a. Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco. b. Any roll of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette described in paragraph a. (3) MANUFACTURER. Any of the following: a. Any entity which manufactures or otherwise produces cigarettes or causes cigarettes to be manufactured or produced anywhere that the manufacturer intends to be sold in this state, including cigarettes intended to be sold in the United States through an importer. b. Any entity that becomes a successor of an entity described in paragraph a....
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8-17-272
Section 8-17-272 Testing and certification of cigarettes. (a) Except as provided in subsection (g), no cigarettes may be sold or offered for sale in this state or offered for sale or sold to persons located in this state unless the cigarettes have been tested in accordance with the test method and meet the performance standard specified in this section, a written certification has been filed by the manufacturer with the State Fire Marshal in accordance with Section 8-17-273, and the cigarettes have been marked in accordance with Section 8-17-274. (1) Testing of cigarettes shall be conducted in accordance with the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standard E2187-04, Standard Test Method for Measuring the Ignition Strength of Cigarettes. (2) Testing shall be conducted on 10 layers of filter paper. (3) No more than 25 percent of the cigarettes tested in a test trial in accordance with this section shall exhibit full-length burns. Forty replicate tests shall comprise a...
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8-19-5
Section 8-19-5 Unlawful trade practices. The following deceptive acts or practices in the conduct of any trade or commerce are hereby declared to be unlawful: (1) Passing off goods or services as those of another, provided that this section shall not prohibit the private labeling of goods or services. (2) Causing confusion or misunderstanding as to the source, sponsorship, approval, or certification of goods or services. (3) Causing confusion or misunderstanding as to the affiliation, connection, or association with, or certification by another, provided that this section shall not prohibit the private labeling of goods or services. (4) Using deceptive representations or designations of geographic origin in connection with goods or services. (5) Representing that goods or services have sponsorship, approval, characteristics, ingredients, uses, benefits, or qualities that they do not have or that a person has sponsorship, approval, status, affiliation, or connection that he or she does...
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40-25-2
Section 40-25-2 Who is liable for tax; amount; local tax or fee. (a) In addition to all other taxes of every kind now imposed by law, every person, firm, corporation, club, or association, within the State of Alabama, who sells or stores or receives for the purpose of distribution to any person, firm, corporation, club, or association within the State of Alabama, cigars, cheroots, stogies, cigarettes, smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco, snuff, or any substitute therefor, either or all, shall pay to the State of Alabama for state purposes only a license or privilege tax which shall be measured by and graduated in accordance with the volume of sales of such person, firm, corporation, club, or association in Alabama. There is hereby levied license or privilege taxes on articles containing tobacco enumerated in this article in the following amounts: (1) LITTLE CIGARS. Upon cigars of all descriptions, including filtered cigars, made of tobacco, or any substitute therefor, and weighing not...
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45-49-249.50
Section 45-49-249.50 Definitions. For the purposes of this subpart, the following words shall have the following meanings: (1) BUSINESS RECORDS. All invoices, receipts, ledgers, inventories, tax returns, balance sheets, reports, and documents of every type, whether prepared or maintained on paper or electronically. (2) CHEWING TOBACCO. All chewing tobacco prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing only and not suitable for smoking. (3) CIGARS, CHEROOTS, STOGIES, ETC. A roll for smoking that is of any size or shape and that is made wholly or in part of tobacco or any substitute therefor, irrespective of whether the tobacco is pure or flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, if the roll has a wrapper made wholly or in part of tobacco. (4) FILTERED CIGARS. Filtered cigars that have a cellulose acetate or similar integrated filter, made of tobacco, or any substitute therefor, and weighing more than three pounds per 1,000. (5) LITTLE CIGARS. Cigars of all...
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28-11-2
Section 28-11-2 Definitions. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) ALTERNATIVE NICOTINE PRODUCT. The term alternative nicotine product includes any product that consists of or contains nicotine that can be ingested into the body by chewing, smoking, absorbing, dissolving, inhaling, snorting, sniffing, or by any other means. The term does not include a tobacco product, electronic nicotine delivery system, or any product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product or for other medical purposes and that is being marketed and sold solely for that purpose. (2) BOARD. The Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board. (3) CHILD-RESISTANT PACKAGING. Liquid nicotine container packaging meeting the requirements of 15 U.S.C. ยง1472a. (4) DISTRIBUTION. To sell, barter, exchange, or give tobacco or tobacco products for promotional purposes or...
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13A-12-260
Section 13A-12-260 Drug paraphernalia; use or possession; delivery or sale; forfeiture. (a) Definition of "drug paraphernalia". As used in this section, the term "drug paraphernalia" means all equipment, products, and materials of any kind which are used, intended for use, or designed for use, in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, harvesting, manufacturing, compounding, converting, producing, processing, preparing, testing, analyzing, packaging, repackaging, storing, containing, concealing, injecting, ingesting, inhaling, or otherwise introducing into the human body a controlled substance in violation of the controlled substances laws of this state. It includes but is not limited to: (1) Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in planting, propagating, cultivating, growing, or harvesting of any species of plant which is a controlled substance or from which a controlled substance can be derived; (2) Kits used, intended for use, or designed for use in manufacturing,...
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8-17-275
Section 8-17-275 Violations. (a) A manufacturer, wholesale dealer, agent, or any other person or entity who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes, other than through retail sale, in violation of Section 8-17-272, shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each pack of the cigarettes sold or offered for sale provided that in no case shall the penalty against a person or entity for that violation exceed one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) during any 30-day period. (b) A retail dealer who knowingly sells or offers to sell cigarettes in violation of Section 8-17-272 shall be subject to a civil penalty not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100) for each pack of the cigarettes sold or offered for sale, provided that in no case shall the penalty against any retail dealer exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for sales or offers to sell during any 30-day period. (c) In addition to any penalty prescribed by law, any corporation,...
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45-13-245
Section 45-13-245 Levy and collection of tax; disposition of funds. (a)(1) There is imposed on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or tobacco products in Clarke County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following manner: a. Five cents ($0.05) for each package of cigarettes, made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. b. Two cents ($0.02) for each cigar of any description made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, with the exception of the cigarette sized or near cigarette sized cigars which may be taxed at the same rate as cigarettes under paragraph a. c. Two cents ($0.02) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which are prepared in such manner as to be suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. d. Three cents ($0.03) for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing...
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45-44-246.01
Section 45-44-246.01 Additional tax. (a)(1) The Macon County Commission may impose on every person, firm, or corporation that sells, stores, delivers, uses, or otherwise consumes tobacco or tobacco products in Macon County, a county privilege, license, or excise tax in the following amounts: a. Five cents ($.05) for each package of cigarettes made of tobacco or any substitute therefor. b. Five cents ($.05) for each package of cigars made of tobacco or any substitute therefor, including the cigarette-sized or near cigarette-sized cigars, but excluding single wrapped cigars. c. Five cents ($.05) for each sack, can, package, or other container of smoking tobacco, including granulated, plug cut, crimp cut, ready rubbed, and other kinds and forms of tobacco which are prepared in such manner suitable for smoking in a pipe or cigarette. d. Five cents ($.05), for each sack, plug, package, or other container of chewing tobacco, which tobacco is prepared in such manner suitable for chewing only...
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