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Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraph A (page 1, lines 6 to 13 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘A. "Characterizing flavor" means a distinguishable taste or aroma of candy, chocolate, vanilla, fruit, berry, nut, herb, spice, honey or an alcoholic drink that is imparted to tobacco or tobacco smoke either prior to or during consumption of a cigar, tobacco wrapper or component part. "Characterizing flavor" does not include a taste or aroma from tobacco. A cigar, tobacco wrapper or component part is deemed to have a characterizing flavor if the cigar, tobacco wrapper or component part is advertised or marketed as having or producing the taste or aroma of candy, chocolate, vanilla, fruit, berry, nut, herb, spice, honey or an alcoholic drink or the cigar has a flavored tobacco wrapper as a component part.’
Amend the bill in section 1 in subsection 1 by striking out all of paragraph E-2 (page 1, lines 25 to 27 in L.D.) and inserting the following:
 
‘E-2. "Flavored tobacco wrapper" means a product sold or used to wrap or contain loose tobacco, including cigar papers, cigar wraps, rolling papers, cones and blunt wraps, that contains a constituent that imparts a characterizing flavor.’
 
SUMMARY
This amendment is the minority report of the committee. The amendment clarifies that "characterizing flavor" applies to flavors of cigars, tobacco wrappers and component parts. It removes from the definition of "flavored tobacco wrapper" in the bill reference to cigarette rolling papers and cigarette tubes and adds cones, rolling papers, cigar papers and cigar wraps.