How to read this definition
Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Can establish this activity
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
5 criteria
- 01Criterion
Include wholesale distribution of finished tobacco, heated-tobacco, vaping, nicotine-pouch, or other qualifying consumer nicotine products.
- 02Criterion
Include import or export of qualifying finished tobacco or consumer nicotine products as principal, title holder, or licensed commercial distributor.
- 03Criterion
Include dedicated fulfilment and logistics where the entity knowingly handles qualifying products as a specialized or material commercial activity.
- 04Criterion
Include third-party distribution of finished e-cigarettes, vaping products, nicotine liquids, heated-tobacco products, or nicotine pouches.
- 05Criterion
Include business-to-business platforms or brokers that arrange, control, or take a substantive commercial role in transactions for qualifying products.
Does not establish this activity on its own
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
6 criteria
- 01Criterion
Exclude manufacturing-only roles without a separate wholesale, import, export, broker, or distribution activity.
- 02Criterion
Exclude direct-to-consumer retail and hospitality sale from this screen; classify those activities under Tobacco and Nicotine Product Retail and Consumer Sale.
- 03Criterion
Exclude distribution of medicines and pharmaceutical nicotine-replacement therapies authorized or marketed for smoking cessation.
- 04Criterion
Exclude general freight, parcel, warehousing, and logistics businesses without a dedicated or documented tobacco or consumer nicotine activity.
- 05Criterion
Exclude distribution limited to cannabis products, non-nicotine vaporizers, or other products outside the qualifying scope.
- 06Criterion
Exclude verified former distribution activity from current involvement while preserving historical involvement and cessation dates.
Evidence and evaluation methodology
How sources, entity pathways, decisions, qualifiers, and review history are handled.
Map screens to a client policy
How to choose provider screens, document coverage, and decide what happens after an outcome.