Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Regulations on the Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Required Warning Statements for Tobacco Products; Extension of Comment Period

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is extending the comment period for a proposed rule that appeared in the Federal Register of April 25, 2014. In the proposed rule, FDA requested comments, including comments on FDA's proposed options for regulation of cigars, regulatory approach to electronic cigarettes and other non- combustible tobacco products, pathways to market for proposed deemed tobacco products, and compliance dates for certain provisions, among other issues. The Agency is taking this action in response to requests for an extension to allow interested persons additional time to submit comments.