370A.050 - “Cigarette” defined. - Nevada Statutes

370A.050  “Cigarette” defined.  “Cigarette” means any product that contains nicotine, is intended to be burned or heated under ordinary conditions of use, and consists of or contains:

      1.  Any roll of tobacco wrapped in paper or in any other substance not containing tobacco;

      2.  Tobacco, in any form, that is functional in the product, 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; or

      3.  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 subsection 1.

Ê The term includes “roll-your-own” tobacco, that is, any tobacco which because of its appearance, type, packaging or labeling is suitable for use and likely to be offered to or purchased by consumers as tobacco for making cigarettes. For the purposes of this section, 0.09 ounces of “roll-your-own” tobacco constitutes one individual cigarette.

      (Added to NRS by 1999, 1106)