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Prohibition of Distributing Free Samples of Tobacco Products: Guidance for Industry

FinalCenter for Tobacco Products03/17/2023

Description

This guidance is intended to help tobacco product manufacturers, distributors, and retailers understand the prohibition of distributing free samples of tobacco products set forth in Title 21 CFR Part 1140 and to explain what you should do in order to comply with the regulations. The document explains, among other things, what activities and which persons are subject to the regulations, as well as how the prohibition of distributing free samples applies to the distribution of tobacco products through:

Scope & Applicability

Product Classes

7
Tobacco Product

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

Finished tobacco product

Tobacco product sealed in final packaging intended for consumer use

Covered tobacco product

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

E-cigarettes

Deemed tobacco products subject to the ban

Smokeless Tobacco

Tobacco product subject to 21 CFR Part 1140

Cigarettes

Tobacco product subject to 21 CFR Part 1140

Tobacco Products

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

Stakeholders

6
Retailer

Entity required to comply with cigarette warning requirements

Manufacturer

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

Distributor

Entity responsible for submitting NDINs

retailers

Entities subject to the regulations

distributors

entities involved in the distribution of devices

tobacco product manufacturers

Entities subject to the regulations

Regulatory Context

Attributes

1
minimum purchase age

Requirement for covered tobacco products; Regulatory requirement for tobacco sales transactions

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