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

概要

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing the availability of a guidance entitled "Civil Money Penalties and No- Tobacco-Sale Orders for Tobacco Retailers." This guidance document describes 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." With the release of this final guidance document, several provisions in the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (the Tobacco Control Act) that relate to civil money penalties and no-tobacco-sale orders become effective.