How SB 396 changes current law

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This bill expands the definition of 'tobacco product' to include a wider range of tobacco and nicotine delivery methods.

• 18 Pa.C.S. § 6305(k)

  A cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco or other smoking tobacco product or smokeless tobacco in any form, manufactured for the purpose of consumption by a purchaser, and any cigarette paper or product used for smoking tobacco. → Any product containing, made or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, a cigarette, a cigar, a little cigar, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff and snus. (1) Any product containing, made or derived from tobacco or nicotine that is intended for human consumption, whether smoked, heated, chewed, absorbed, dissolved, inhaled, snorted, sniffed or ingested by any other means, including, but not limited to, a cigarette, a cigar, a little cigar, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, snuff and snus. (2) Any electronic device that delivers nicotine or another substance to the person inhaling from the device, including, but not limited to, an electronic cigarette, cigar, pipe and hookah. The term includes any component, part or accessory of such product or electronic device, whether or not sold separately.

  The definition is broadened to encompass various forms of tobacco and nicotine products, including electronic delivery devices.