U.S. Federal Tobacco Control Act provisions take effect
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The following provisions of the Act, signed into law April 2009, become effective on June 22, 2010:
- FDA rules that limit the sale, distribution, and marketing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to protect the health of children and adolescents become legally enforceable.
- Provisions that prohibit the advertising or labeling of tobacco products with the descriptors “light,” “mild,” or “low” or similar descriptors without an FDA order.
- Requirements that new, larger health warning labels for smokeless tobacco products begin to rotate on labels, labeling, and advertising and begin to be displayed on smokeless tobacco packaging.
Read the FDA June 21, 2010 press release. Read the FDA Center for Tobacco Products 2009-2010 Inaugural Year in Review. Read all FDA press releases on the Tobacco Control Act.