Negocios · 30/8/20241 min de lectura
Prohibition of Sale of Tobacco Products to Persons Younger Than 21 Years of Age
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Resumen
The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a final rule to make conforming changes as required by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Appropriations Act), which established a new Federal minimum age of sale for tobacco products. These conforming changes include increasing the minimum age of sale for cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and covered tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age; increasing the minimum age for age verification by means of photographic identification for cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and covered tobacco products from under the age of 27 to under the age of 30; increasing the minimum age of individuals who may be present or permitted to enter facilities that maintain vending machines to sell cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, or covered tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age; and increasing the minimum age of individuals who may be present or permitted to enter facilities that maintain self-service displays that sell cigarettes or smokeless tobacco from 18 to 21 years of age.