The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule to deem products meeting the statutory definition of “tobacco product” to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act). The FD&C Act provides FDA authority to regulate cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, smokeless tobacco, and any other tobacco products that the Agency by regulation deems to be subject to the law. This final rule extends the Agency’s “tobacco product” authorities to all other categories of products that meet the statutory definition of “tobacco product” in the FD&C Act, except accessories of such newly deemed tobacco products. This final rule also prohibits the sale of "covered tobacco products" to individuals under the age of 18 and requires the display of health warnings on cigarette tobacco, roll-your own tobacco, and covered tobacco product packages and in advertisements. The rule also provides that manufacturers, distributors, importers, and retailers are responsible for ensuring that the covered tobacco products (in addition to cigarettes and smokeless tobacco) they manufacture, label, advertise, package, distribute, import, sell, or otherwise hold for sale comply with all applicable requirements. FDA is taking this action to reduce the death and disease from tobacco products.
US Code:
21 USC 301 et seq
Name of Law: The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act
PL:
Pub.L. 111 - 31 101
Name of Law: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
The total estimated burden for this information collection is 1,286,950 reporting hours, and 1,040 annual responses. Our estimated burden for the information collection reflects an overall decrease of 39,050 hours and a corresponding decrease of 315 responses. We attribute this adjustment to updated information in the number of submissions we received over the last few years.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that the collection of information encompassed by this request complies with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR 1320.8(b)(3).
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(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control number;
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