{"data":{"id":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-31-401","jurisdiction":"us-co","citation":"C.R.S. § 24-31-401","heading":"Definitions.","body":"As used in this part 4, unless the context otherwise requires:\n\n(1) \"Smokeless tobacco settlement\" means the settlement agreement between the state of Colorado and various domestic smokeless tobacco products manufacturers, dated November 23, 1998, which was approved by the district court of the city and county of Denver as part of a consent decree dated November 25, 1998, in the case denominated State of Colorado, ex rel. Gale A. Norton, Attorney General v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; American Tobacco Co., Inc.; Brown \u0026 Williamson Tobacco Corp.; Liggett \u0026 Myers, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; United States Tobacco Co.; B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.; The Council For Tobacco Research--U.S.A., Inc.; and Tobacco Institute, Inc., Case No. 97 CV 3432.\n\n(2) \"Tobacco settlement\" means the settlement agreement between the state of Colorado and various domestic tobacco products manufacturers, dated November 23, 1998, which was approved by the district court of the city and county of Denver as part of a consent decree dated November 25, 1998, in the case denominated State of Colorado, ex rel. Gale A. Norton, Attorney General v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.; American Tobacco Co., Inc.; Brown \u0026 Williamson Tobacco Corp.; Liggett \u0026 Myers, Inc.; Lorillard Tobacco Co., Inc.; Philip Morris, Inc.; United States Tobacco Co.; B.A.T. Industries, P.L.C.; The Council For Tobacco Research--U.S.A., Inc.; and Tobacco Institute, Inc., Case No. 97 CV 3432.","path":["Title 24 - GOVERNMENT - STATE","Article 31 - Department of Law","Part 4 - ENFORCEMENT OF TOBACCO SETTLEMENT"],"source_url":"https://olls.info/crs/crs2026-title-24.htm","current_through":"Colorado Revised Statutes 2026","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:37:45Z","sha256":"44fbe4c44704e58edd9aa180dba05db6278a490777045a659fba1728af00d0bf","source_id":"us-co","stale":false,"prev":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-31-322","next":"us-co/c.r.s.-24-31-402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}