Senator McElveen proposes the following amendment (LC-3681.VR0016S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION to read:

SECTION X.Section 12-21-620(B) of the  S.C. Code is amended to read:

(B) As used in this section,  "cigarette" means:

 (1) any roll for smoking containing tobacco or any substitute for tobacco wrapped in paper or in any substance other than a tobacco leaf; or 

 (2) any roll for smoking containing tobacco or any substitute for tobacco, wrapped in any substance, weighing  three four and a half (4.5) pounds per thousand or less, however labeled or named, which because of its appearance, size, type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging, pricing, marketing, or labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as a cigarette described in item (1) of this subsection. except those wrapped entirely in tobacco leaf that do not have a filter; and

  (3) any roll for smoking containing tobacco wrapped in any substance, however labeled or named, which because of its appearance, size, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging, pricing, marketing, or labeling, is likely to be offered to, purchased by, or consumed by consumers as described in item (1).