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 operators of tobacco shops, cigar shops, vape shops, and other retailers principally selling qualifying tobacco or consumer nicotine products.
- 02Criterion
Include convenience stores, gas stations, and similar retailers with documented direct consumer sale of qualifying products; materiality is determined through the applicable client-policy threshold.
- 03Criterion
Include supermarkets, grocery chains, pharmacies where legally permitted, and other diversified retailers with documented direct consumer sale of qualifying products.
- 04Criterion
Include e-commerce sellers that act as merchant, seller of record, or fulfiller for qualifying tobacco or consumer nicotine products.
- 05Criterion
Include diversified retailers with documented qualifying sales; revenue or product-assortment thresholds are client-policy overlays rather than factual inclusion conditions.
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.
5 criteria
- 01Criterion
Exclude manufacturing or wholesale roles from this screen when no separate direct consumer-sale activity is evidenced.
- 02Criterion
Exclude retailers whose current product offering does not include qualifying tobacco or consumer nicotine products.
- 03Criterion
Exclude retailers selling only pharmaceutical cessation products, non-nicotine alternatives, or products outside the qualifying scope.
- 04Criterion
Exclude online marketplaces that merely host third-party listings and do not act as seller, merchant of record, payment controller, or fulfiller for the qualifying transaction.
- 05Criterion
Exclude verified ceased retail 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.