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FDA Deems Certain Tobacco Products Subject to FDA Authority, Sales and Distribution Restrictions, and Health Warning Requirements for Packages and Advertisements: Guidance for Industry

FinalCenter for Tobacco Products03/17/2023

Description

This Small Entity Compliance Guide is intended to help small businesses understand and comply withFDA's final rule deeming tobacco productsto be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) ( the Deeming Rule). The Deeming Rule extends FDA's tobacco product authorities in Chapter IX of the FD&C Act to include all tobacco products, except accessories of newly deemed tobacco products. The Deeming Rule also prohibits the sale of covered tobacco products to individuals under the age of 18, prohibits vending machine sales unless sold in adult-only facilities, and requires warning labels on packages and advertisements.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

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Pipe Tobacco

FDA currently not enforcing warning requirements for this product.; Tobacco product class subject to user fees and health warnings; Warning requirements currently enjoined by court order.; Specific tobacco product category mentioned in court stays

Modified risk tobacco product

Requires an order under section 911(g) before introduction into interstate commerce.; Products sold to reduce harm or tobacco-related disease

Cigarette tobacco

Subject to warning requirements.

Premium Cigar

Specific category of cigars with defined physical characteristics

RYO tobacco

Roll-your-own tobacco subject to nicotine warning requirements.; Roll-your-own tobacco subject to warning label requirements.; Roll-your-own tobacco subject to warning requirements.

Tobacco Product

Subject of the analytical testing method validation; regulatory submission for a tobacco product

Combination Product

Products combining drug, device, or biological constituents; Generally recommended for Enhanced Documentation; Requires 14971-based framework incorporating ICH Q9; A drug-device combination where the device constituent part detects ingestion.

Cigars

Newly deemed products include cigars.; Warning requirements currently enjoined by court order.; Specific tobacco product category mentioned in court stays

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems

Subject to the deeming rule, including e-cigarettes and vape pens

Covered tobacco product

Any tobacco product deemed subject to the FD&C Act under 21 CFR 1100.2

Stakeholders

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Small Entity

Target audience for the compliance guide

small tobacco product manufacturer

Manufacturer that employs fewer than 350 employees

Small-scale tobacco product manufacturer

Manufacturer with 150 or fewer employees and $5 million or less revenue; Entities provided extensions due to natural disasters

Tobacco product manufacturer

Entity required to submit cigarette plans

Manufacturer

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Distributor

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Importer

Must comply with registration if meeting facility/responsible person definitions

Retailer

Entity required to comply with cigarette warning requirements

Regulatory Context

Attributes

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Principal display panels

Panels most likely to be displayed to consumers

Mild

Prohibited descriptor for tobacco products

Low

Prohibited descriptor for tobacco products

Light

Prohibited descriptor for tobacco products

domestically grown tobacco

Percentage of tobacco used in the product grown in the US

Predominant language

Determines the language of the warning statement in foreign publications.

Characterizing flavor

A property used for unique identification of the product.

Accessory

Defined as products not containing tobacco and not affecting performance

20 percent of the area

Minimum area an advertisement warning must occupy.

17-point font size

Minimum font size for point-of-sale warning signs.

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