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[CITE: 15USC4408]

 
                      TITLE 15--COMMERCE AND TRADE
 
      CHAPTER 70--COMPREHENSIVE SMOKELESS TOBACCO HEALTH EDUCATION
 
Sec. 4408. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter:
        (1) The term ``smokeless tobacco'' means any finely cut, ground, 
    powdered, or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral 
    cavity.
        (2) The term ``commerce'' means (A) commerce between any State, 
    the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the 
    Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman 
    Reef, or Johnston Island and any place outside thereof; (B) commerce 
    between points in any State, the District of Columbia, the 
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 
    Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or Johnston 
    Island, but through any place outside thereof; or (C) commerce 
    wholly within the District of Columbia, Guam, the Virgin Islands, 
    American Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, or 
    Johnston Island.
        (3) The term ``United States'', when used in a geographical 
    sense, includes the several States, the District of Columbia, the 
    Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 
    Samoa, Wake Island, Midway Islands, Kingman Reef, Johnston Island, 
    and installations of the Armed Forces.
        (4) The term ``package'' means a pack, box, carton, pouch, or 
    container of any kind in which smokeless tobacco products are 
    offered for sale, sold, or otherwise distributed to consumers.
        (5) The term ``sale or distribution'' includes sampling or any 
    other distribution not for sale.
        (6) The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary of Health and 
    Human Services.

(Pub. L. 99-252, Sec. 9, Feb. 27, 1986, 100 Stat. 34.)
