New Tobacco Restrictions

New tobacco regulations regarding health warning labels, use of misleading descriptors (like “light,” “low,” and “mild”), and sales restrictions will help make tobacco products less accessible to youth and will help encourage smokers to quit. Please click to read more about these regulations. June 22, 2010 marks the 1-year anniversary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act). It also is the date that important tobacco regulations regarding youth access as well as sales and marketing restrictions take effect. The Tobacco Control Act grants FDA the authority to regulate tobacco products to protect public health and to reduce tobacco use by children and adolescents.