SPONSOR:

Sen. Sturgeon

DELAWARE STATE SENATE

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SENATE AMENDMENT NO. 1

TO

SENATE BILL NO. 131

AMEND Senate Bill No. 131 by deleting lines 5 through 10 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

(11) “Premium cigar” means a cigar that meets all of the following:

a. Contains only tobacco, water, and vegetable gum and no other ingredients or additives.

b. Wrapped in whole tobacco leaf.

b. Contains a 100% leaf tobacco binder.

c. Weighs more than 6 pounds per 1,000 units.

d. Fifty percent or more of the filler, by weight, contains long filler tobacco, which are whole tobacco leaves that run the length of the cigar.

e. Contains no filter, nontobacco tip, or nontobacco mouthpiece.

f. Contains no characterizing flavor other than tobacco.

g. Is handmade or hand rolled, which means that no machinery was used apart from simple tools, such as scissors to cut the tobacco before rolling. ”.

SYNOPSIS

This Amendment revises the definition of "premium cigar" by adding additional requirements.

Author: Senator Sturgeon