The Vermont Statutes Online

Title 7 : Alcoholic Beverages, Cannabis, and Tobacco

Chapter 040 : Tobacco Products

• § 1001. Definitions

  As used in this chapter:

  (1) “Board” means the Board of Liquor and Lottery.

  (2) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of Liquor and Lottery.

  (3) “Tobacco products” means cigarettes, little cigars, roll-your-own tobacco, snuff, cigars, new smokeless tobacco, and other tobacco products as defined in 32 V.S.A. § 7702.

  (4) “Vending machine” means any mechanical, electronic, or other similar device that dispenses tobacco products for money.

  (5) “Tobacco license” means a license issued by the Division of Liquor Control under this chapter permitting the licensee to engage in the retail sale of tobacco products.

  (6) “Bidis” or “Beedies” means a product containing tobacco that is wrapped in temburni leaf (diospyros melanoxylon) or tendu leaf (diospyros exculpra), or any other product that is offered to, or purchased by, consumers as bidis or beedies.

  (7) “Tobacco paraphernalia” means any device used, intended for use, or designed for use in smoking, inhaling, ingesting, or otherwise introducing tobacco products into the human body, or for preparing tobacco for smoking, inhaling, ingesting, or otherwise introducing into the human body, including devices for holding tobacco, rolling paper, wraps, cigarette rolling machines, pipes, water pipes, carburetion devices, bongs, and hookahs.

  (8)(A) “Tobacco substitute” means any product that meets all of the following conditions:

  (i) The product is manufactured from, is derived from, or contains tobacco or nicotine, whether natural or synthetic, including nicotine alkaloids and nicotine analogs.

  (ii) The product is intended for human consumption by smoking, chewing, inhaling, sucking, absorbing, or consuming in any other manner.

  (iii) The product is not a tobacco product, as defined in this section.

  (B) The term “tobacco substitute” includes electronic cigarettes and other electronic or battery-powered devices that contain or are designed to deliver nicotine or other substances into the body through the inhalation of vapor and that have not been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for tobacco cessation or other medical purposes. The term also includes nicotine pouches and any liquids, whether nicotine based or not, and delivery devices sold separately for use with a tobacco substitute.

  (C) Cannabis products as defined in section 831 of this title or products that have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for tobacco cessation or other medical purposes shall not be considered to be tobacco substitutes.

  (9) “Licensed wholesale dealer” means a wholesale dealer licensed under the provisions of this chapter.

  (10) “Wholesale dealer” means a person who imports or causes to be imported into the State any tobacco products or tobacco substitutes for sale or who sells or furnishes any of these products to other wholesale dealers or retail dealers for the purpose of resale, but not by small quantity or parcel to consumers of these products.

  (11) “Wholesale dealer’s license” means the license granted under the provisions of this chapter to a wholesale dealer for a wholesale outlet.

  (12) “Wholesale outlet” means any premises where tobacco products or tobacco substitutes are sold, transferred, displayed, or held for sale by a wholesale dealer.

  (13) “Wholesale price” means the price at which a licensed wholesale dealer sells or furnishes tobacco products or tobacco substitutes to any retail dealer. (Added 1991, No. 70, § 2, eff. May 1, 1992; amended 1999, No. 89 (Adj. Sess.), § 1; 2007, No. 114 (Adj. Sess.), § 3; 2011, No. 166 (Adj. Sess.), § 2; 2013, No. 14, § 1; 2013, No. 135 (Adj. Sess.), § 6; 2017, No. 113 (Adj. Sess.), § 42; 2018, No. 1 (Sp. Sess.), § 82; 2019, No. 14, § 9, eff. April 30, 2019; 2019, No. 28, § 3, eff. May 23, 2019; 2023, No. 65, § 22, eff. June 14, 2023; 2025, No. 148 (Adj. Sess.), § 1, eff. July 1, 2026.)