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Enforcement Policy for Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements

FinalCenter for Tobacco Products09/13/2024

Description

This guidance describes FDA’s enforcement policy for the final rule, “Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements,” which established new required cigarette health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements.  The guidance is intended to assist entities required to comply with the rule.

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

2
Cigarette

product category example

Tobacco Products

The primary product category covered by this guidance.; Validation and Verification of Analytical Testing Methods Used for Tobacco Products

Stakeholders

4
entity

If an entity wishes to make a change to an approved cigarette plan

Retailer

Entity required to comply with cigarette warning requirements

Distributor

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Tobacco product manufacturer

Entity required to submit cigarette plans

Regulatory Context

Attributes

1
Effective Date

The date the final rule becomes enforceable

Identified Hazards

Hazards

1
Negative health consequences of smoking

Subject of the required photorealistic images

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