California Revenue and Taxation Code

§ 30121

RTC § 30121Div. 2 · Part 13 · Ch. 2 · Art. 2

Statute text

For purposes of this article:

(a)“Cigarettes” has the same meaning as in Section 30003, as it read on January 1, 1988.

(b)“Tobacco products” includes, but is not limited to, a 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, cigars, little cigars, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco, or snuff, but does not include cigarettes. Tobacco products shall also include electronic cigarettes. Tobacco products shall not include any product that has been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for sale as a tobacco cessation product or for other therapeutic purposes where that product is marketed and sold solely for such approved use. Tobacco products does not include any food products as that term is defined pursuant to Section 6359.

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Legislative history

Amended November 8, 2016, by initiative Proposition 56, Sec. 3.1. Operative April 1, 2017, by Sec. 10 of Proposition 56. Note: This section was added on Nov. 8, 1988, by iniative Prop. 99, the Tobacco Tax and Health Protection Act of 1988.