§ 63-1-229.2. Definitions.  


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  • As used in the Oklahoma Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Act:

    1.  "Contractor" means any public entity, private entity, or private nonprofit entity to which the State Department of Health, after recommendation by the Advancement of Wellness Advisory Council created in Section 44 of this act, has awarded monies from the Fund for qualified tobacco use prevention or cessation programs;

    2.  "Department" means the State Department of Health;

    3.  "Fund" means the Tobacco Use Reduction Fund established pursuant to Section 1-229.3 of this title;

    4.  "Qualified tobacco use prevention or cessation program" means a program for the prevention or cessation of tobacco use that meets the criteria set forth in the State Plan for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation;

    5.  "State Plan" means the State Plan for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation adopted pursuant to Section 1-229.5 of this title; and

    6.  "Tobacco use" means the consumption of tobacco products by burning, chewing, inhalation or other forms of ingestion.

Added by Laws 2001, c. 275, § 2, emerg. eff. May 31, 2001.

Amended by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 49, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.