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Tobacco and Vaping Products Act

Version of section 2 from 2010-04-06 to 2018-05-22:


Marginal note:Definitions

 The definitions in this section apply in this Act.

accessory

accessoire

accessory means a product that may be used in the consumption of a tobacco product, including a pipe, cigarette holder, cigar clip, lighter and matches. (accessoire)

additive

additif

additive means an ingredient other than tobacco leaves. (additif)

analyst

analyste

analyst means a person designated as an analyst under subsection 34(1). (analyste)

blunt wrap

feuille d’enveloppe

blunt wrap means a sheet, including one that is rolled, that is composed of natural or reconstituted tobacco and that is ready to be filled. (feuille d’enveloppe)

brand element

élément de marque

brand element includes a brand name, trade-mark, trade-name, distinguishing guise, logo, graphic arrangement, design or slogan that is reasonably associated with, or that evokes, a product, a service or a brand of product or service, but does not include a colour. (élément de marque)

emission

émission

emission means a substance that is produced when a tobacco product is used. (émission)

entity

entité

entity includes a corporation, firm, partnership, association, society, trust or other organization, whether incorporated or not. (entité)

furnish

fournir

furnish means to sell, lend, assign, give or send, with or without consideration, or to barter or deposit with another person for the performance of a service. (fournir)

ingredient

ingrédient

ingredient means tobacco leaves and any substance used in the manufacture of a tobacco product or its components, including any substance used in the manufacture of that substance. (ingrédient)

inspector

inspecteur

inspector means a person designated as an inspector under subsection 34(1). (inspecteur)

little cigar

petit cigare

little cigar means a roll or tubular construction that

  • (a) is intended for smoking;

  • (b) contains a filler composed of natural or reconstituted tobacco;

  • (c) has a wrapper, or a binder and a wrapper, composed of natural or reconstituted tobacco; and

  • (d) has a cigarette filter or weighs no more than 1.4 g, excluding the weight of any mouthpiece or tip.

It includes any tobacco product that is prescribed to be a little cigar. (petit cigare)

manufacture

fabriquer

manufacture, in respect of tobacco products, includes the packaging, labelling, distributing and importing of tobacco products for sale in Canada. (fabriquer)

manufacturer

fabricant

manufacturer, in respect of tobacco products, includes any entity that is associated with a manufacturer, including an entity that controls or is controlled by the manufacturer or that is controlled by the same entity that controls the manufacturer. (fabricant)

Minister

ministre

Minister means the Minister of Health. (ministre)

package

package[Repealed, 2009, c. 27, s. 2]

prescribed

Version anglaise seulement

prescribed means prescribed by regulation. (Version anglaise seulement)

retailer

détaillant

retailer means a person who is engaged in a business that includes the sale of a tobacco product to consumers. (détaillant)

sell

vendre

sell includes offer for sale and expose for sale. (vendre)

tobacco product

produit du tabac

tobacco product means a product composed in whole or in part of tobacco, including tobacco leaves and any extract of tobacco leaves. It includes cigarette papers, tubes and filters but does not include any food, drug or device that contains nicotine to which the Food and Drugs Act applies. (produit du tabac)

young person

jeune

young person means a person under eighteen years of age. (jeune)

  • 1997, c. 13, s. 2
  • 2009, c. 27, s. 2

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