FDA takes significant steps to protect Americans from dangers of tobacco through new regulation

FDA takes significant steps to protect Americans from dangers of tobacco through new regulation

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration finalized a rule extending its authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco, among others. This historic rule helps implement the bipartisan Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 and allows the FDA to improve public health and protect future generations from the dangers of tobacco use through a variety of steps, including restricting the sale of these tobacco products to minors nationwide.

Helene Clayton-Jeter, O.D.
Office of Health and Constituent Affairs
Food and Drug Administration

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