A. “Cigarette vending machine” means any electronic or mechanical device or appliance the operation of which depends upon the insertion of money, whether in coin or paper bill, or other thing representative of value, which dispenses or releases a tobacco product and/or tobacco accessories.

B. “Electronic smoking device” means an electronic device which can be used to deliver an inhaled dose of nicotine or any other substances, including any component, part, or accessory of such a device, whether or not sold separately. “Electronic smoking device” includes any such electronic smoking device, whether manufactured, distributed, marketed, or sold as an electronic cigarette, an electronic cigar, an electronic cigarillo, an electronic pipe, an electronic hookah, or any other product name or descriptor.

C. “Person” shall mean an individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, unincorporated association, corporation, estate, trust, trustee, or any other group or combination of the above acting as a unit, excepting, however, the United States of America, the state of California, and any political subdivision or unit thereof.

D. “Tobacco accessories” means cigarette papers or wrappers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, and any other item designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products.

E. “Tobacco product” means any product containing, made from, 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 cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, dipping tobacco, electronic smoking devices or any other preparation of tobacco including Indian cigarettes called “bidis.” “Tobacco product” does 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 and is marketed and sold solely for such an approved purpose. (Ord. 1613 § 5, 2015: Ord. 1212 § 1, 1992)