(720 ILCS 678/2)
Sec. 2. Definitions. For the purpose of this Act:
"Cigarette", when used in this Act, means any roll for smoking made wholly or in part of tobacco irrespective of size or shape and whether or not the tobacco is flavored, adulterated, or mixed with any other ingredient, and the wrapper or cover of which is made of paper or any other substance or material except whole leaf tobacco.
"Clear and conspicuous statement" means the statement is of sufficient type size to be clearly readable by the recipient of the communication.
"Consumer" means an individual who acquires or seeks to acquire cigarettes for personal use.
"Delivery sale" means any sale of cigarettes to a consumer if:
(a) the consumer submits the order for such sale by
means of a telephone or other method of voice transmission, the mails, or the Internet or other online service, or the seller is otherwise not in the physical presence of the buyer when the request for purchase or order is made; or
(b) the cigarettes are delivered by use of a common
carrier, private delivery service, or the mails, or the seller is not in the physical presence of the buyer when the buyer obtains possession of the cigarettes.
"Delivery service" means any person (other than a person that makes a delivery sale) who delivers to the consumer the cigarettes sold in a delivery sale.
"Department" means the Department of Revenue.
"Government-issued identification" means a State driver's license, State identification card, passport, a military identification or an official naturalization or immigration document, such as an alien registration recipient card (commonly known as a "green card") or an immigrant visa.
"Mails" or "mailing" mean the shipment of cigarettes through the United States Postal Service.
"Out-of-state sale" means a sale of cigarettes to a consumer located outside of this State where the consumer submits the order for such sale by means of a telephonic or other method of voice transmission, the mails or any other delivery service, facsimile transmission, or the Internet or other online service and where the cigarettes are delivered by use of the mails or other delivery service.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, or other organization that engages in any for-profit or not-for-profit activities.
"Shipping package" means a container in which packs or cartons of cigarettes are shipped in connection with a delivery sale.
"Shipping documents" means bills of lading, air bills, or any other documents used to evidence the undertaking by a delivery service to deliver letters, packages, or other containers.
(Source: P.A. 95-1053, eff. 1-1-10; 96-782, eff. 1-1-10.)
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