§ 17-88. Definitions.

The following words, terms and phrases, when used in this section, shall have the meanings ascribed to them in this subsection, except where the context clearly indicates a different meaning:

Bidi cigarette shall mean a product that contains tobacco that is wrapped in temburni or tendu leaf or what is wrapped in any other material identified by rules of the department of public health that it similar in appearance or characteristics to the temburni or tendu leaf.

Person shall mean any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association, joint venture or any employee or agent thereof.

Smoking herbs shall mean all substances of plant origin and their derivatives, including but not limited to broom, calea, California poppy, damiana, hops, ginseng, lobelia, jimson weed and other members of the Datura genus, passion flower and wild lettuce, which are processed or sold primarily for use as smoking materials.

Smokeless tobacco shall mean any finely cut, ground, powdered, or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral cavity or any tobacco product that are suitable for dipping or chewing.

Tobacco accessories shall mean cigarette papers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, and other items, designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products or of substances made illegal under any statute or of substances whose sale, gift, barter, or exchange is made unlawful under the Tobacco Accessories and Smoking Herbs Control Act, 720 ILCS 685/1 et seq.

Tobacco products shall mean any substance containing tobacco leaf, including, but not limited to, cigarettes, cigarette papers, cigars, pipe tobacco, snuff, chewing tobacco, or dipping tobacco.

Vending machine shall mean any mechanical, electrical or electronic, self-service device which, upon insertion of money, tokens or other forms of payment, dispenses tobacco products.

(Ord. No. 99-2007, § II, 11-20-2007)