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A24F

SMOKERS’ REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES

Introduced: September 1968

Classification Context

Section:
HUMAN NECESSITIES
Class:
TOBACCO; CIGARS; CIGARETTES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES; SMOKERS' REQUISITES
Subclass:
SMOKERS’ REQUISITES; MATCH BOXES; SIMULATED SMOKING DEVICES

Description

A24F covers devices, accessories, and products directly related to smoking and tobacco consumption, excluding the tobacco products themselves. This includes cigarette holders, cigar cases, pipes, lighters, ashtrays, and related smoking paraphernalia, as well as match boxes and match-striking devices. The subclass also encompasses simulated smoking devices and electronic alternatives designed to replicate the smoking experience without traditional tobacco combustion. Related tobacco products and their manufacture are classified separately under A24B-A24D.

Scope Notes

Glossary: Cigarette Cigarettes “cigarette” means:• a small tube of wrapper containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes which people smoke by igniting it directly and where the tobacco (or the tobacco substitute) is burned;• in a broader sense it also means a small tube of wrapper containing tobacco or tobacco substitutes which is associated with a heat source at manufacturing or inserted by the user in a device containing a heat source, and where the tobacco (or the tobacco substitute) is heated without being burned. In this broader sense, the word “rod” is also often used in place of cigarette. Simulated smoking device Simulated smoking devices “simulated smoking devices” means devices simulating the act of smoking without burning tobacco, e.g. so called electronic cigarettes | Limiting references: Inhaling appliances for medical purposes, shaped like cigars, cigarettes or pipes

Related Keywords

tobacco SMOKE ring toysrequisites for smokers

19 direct subcodes

Child Classifications

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  • A24F 11/00 Seasoning of tobacco pipes
  • A24F 17/00 Receptacles for cigarette papers
  • A24F 21/00 Stands for smokers' requisites
  • A24F 29/00 Devices for igniting matches; Holders for ignited matches
  • A24F 31/00 Pipe-spills; Devices for splitting matches
  • A24F 47/00 Smokers’ requisites not otherwise provided for