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granulated, plug cut., crimp cut, ready-rubbed, .and other smoking tobacco; snuff flowers; cavendish; shorts; plug and twist tobaccos; dipping tobaccos; refuse scraps, clippings, cuttings, and sweepings of tobacco; and other kinds and forms of tobacco leaf prepared in such manner as to be suitable for chewing, sniffing, or smoking. (Note: This definition expands on the statutory definition to be more inclusive. See Minn. Stat. §609.685) Subd. 2 Tobacco Related Devices. "Tobacco related devices" shall mean any tobacco product as well as a pipe, rolling papers, or other device intentionally designed or intended to be used in a manner which enables the chewing, sniffing, or smoking of tobacco or tobacco products. Subd. 3 $0lf'-Service Merchandising. "Self-Service Merchandising" shall mean open displays of tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices in any manner where any person shall have access to the tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices, without the assistance or intervention of the licensee or the licensee's employee. The -assistance or intervention shall entail the actual physical exchange of' the tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related device between the customer and the licensee or employee. Self-service merchandising shall not include vending machines. (Not~: Under the FDA tobacco regulations adopted in 1996, self-service sales are interpreted as being any sale where there is not an actual physical exchange of the tobacco between the clerk and the customer). Subd. 4 Vondin~ Machine. "Vending Machine" shall mean any mechanical, electric or electronic, or other type of device which dispenses tobacco, tobacco products, or tobacco related devices upon the insertion of money, tokens, or other form of payment directly into the machine by the person seeking to purchase the tobacco, tobacco product, or tobacco related device. (~ote: At least one juri. sdiction has ruled that a device by which an employee must insert the money in order to operate the machine is not a vending machine for the purpose of this type of ordinance). Sulpqi. 5. Individually packaeed. "Individually packaged" shall mean the practice of selling any tobacco or tobacco product wrapped individually for sale. Individually wrapped tobacco and tobacco products shall include, but not be limited to, single cigarette packs, single bags or cans of loose tobacco in any form, and single cans or other packaging of snuff or chewing tobacco. Cartons or other packaging containing more than a single pack or other container as described in this subdivision shall not be considered · individually packaged. , Subd. 6 Loosies. "Loosies" shall mean the common term used to refer to a single or individually packaged cigarette. League of Minnesota Cilies/8/97 I I I I ! I i I I I I I I I ! I