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“Business” means any sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation or other business entity formed for profit-making purposes, including retail establishments where goods or services are sold as well as professional corporations and other entities where legal, medical, dental, engineering, architectural or other professional services are delivered.

“City” shall mean the City of Sebastopol.

“Coupon” shall mean any card, note, form, statement, ticket or other issue distributed for commercial or promotional purposes to be later surrendered by the bearer so as to receive an article, service or accommodation without charge.

“Distribute” shall mean to give, deliver, sell, offer to give, deliver, sell, or cause or hire any person to give, deliver, sell or offer to give, deliver or sell.

“Minor” shall mean any individual who is less than 18 years old.

“Person” shall mean any individual, partnership, cooperative association, private corporation, personal representative, receiver, trustee, assignee, or any other legal entity.

“Public event” shall mean any event to which the general public is invited or permitted, including but not limited to musical concerts or performances, athletic competitions, public fairs, carnivals, flea markets, bazaars, and artistic or cultural performances or exhibitions.

“Self-service merchandising” means open display of tobacco products and point-of-sale tobacco promotional products that the public has access to without the intervention of an employee.

“Tobacco accessories” means cigarette papers or wrappers, pipes, holders of smoking materials of all types, cigarette rolling machines, and any other item designed primarily for the smoking or ingestion of tobacco products.

“Tobacco products” shall mean any tobacco cigarette, cigar, pipe tobacco, smokeless tobacco, snuff or any other form of tobacco which may be utilized for smoking, chewing, inhalation or other manner of ingestion.

“Tobacco product sample” shall mean a tobacco product and/or tobacco accessories distributed to members of the general public at no cost or at a nominal cost for product promotional purposes.

“Tobacco-related promotional product” means baseball caps, tee-shirts, gym bags, coffee mugs, sunglasses, jackets, and related items, which have tobacco advertising logos, images, characters, messages and themes printed on them.

“Tobacco retailer” shall mean any person or governmental entity that operates a store, stand, booth, concession, or other place at which sales of tobacco products are made to purchasers for consumption or use.

“Tobacco vending machine” means any electronic or mechanical device or appliance, the operation of which depends upon the insertion of money, whether in coin or paper currency, or other things representative of value, which dispenses or releases a tobacco product.

“Vendor-assisted” means only a store employee has access to tobacco products, and point-of-sale tobacco promotional products, and assists the customer by supplying the product. The customer does not take possession of the product until it is purchased.