Draft Guidance for Food and Drug Administration Staff and Tobacco Retailers on Civil Money Penalties and No-Tobacco-Sale Orders for Tobacco Retailers; Availability

Résumé

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a draft guidance entitled "Civil Money Penalties and No-Tobacco-Sale Orders for Tobacco Retailers." This guidance document is intended to describe FDA's current policies with respect to civil money penalties and no-tobacco-sale orders for retailers who violate requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) relating to tobacco products, including the FD&C Act requirement that tobacco products may not be sold or distributed in violation of FDA's "Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents." When this guidance document is final, several provisions in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) that relate to civil money penalties and no-tobacco-sale orders will become effective.