ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor                             Ch. 115

BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 10-101
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume)

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,
Article - Criminal Law
Section 10-107 and 10-108
Annotated Code of Maryland
(2002 Volume)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Criminal Law

10-101.

(a)     In this part the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b)     "Distribute" means to:

(1)     give, sell, deliver, dispense, issue, or offer to give, sell, deliver,
dispense, or issue; or

(2)     cause or hire a person to give, sell, deliver, dispense, issue or offer to
give, sell, deliver, dispense, or issue.

(c)      (1) "Tobacco product" means a substance containing tobacco OR
NICOTINE.

(2) "Tobacco product" includes cigarettes, cigars, smoking tobacco, snuff,
[and] smokeless tobacco, AND CANDY-LIKE PRODUCTS THAT CONTAIN NICOTINE
TOBACCO.

(d)     "Venereal disease" includes gonorrhea, syphilis, chancroid, and any
diseased condition of the human genitalia caused by, related to, or resulting from a
venereal disease.

10-107.

(a) This section does not apply to the distribution of a coupon that is
redeemable for a tobacco product, if the coupon is:

(1)     contained in a newspaper, magazine, or other type of publication in
which the coupon is incidental to the primary purpose of the publication; or

(2)     sent through the mail.

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