Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

Summary of Modified Risk Tobacco Product Application Submitted to U.S. FDA on December 5, 2016 Introduction

Under Section 911 of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act), signed into law in 2009, manufacturers can submit applications for FDA authorization to market tobacco products with claims of either reduced risk or reduced exposure (Modified Risk Tobacco Products; MRTPs). Such applications must be supported by adequate scientific evidence as detailed in the Toba...

Impact of tobacco-control legislation.

Oncology nurses should be aware of smoking-related public health legislation and tobacco use prevention resources as well as increase their knowledge of psycho-education materials, medications, and products available to aid smoking cessation. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death; one out of five deaths in the United States is attributed to smoking. Each day, almost 4,000 Americans ...

The Scope of Preemption under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

Retailer Adherence to Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, North Carolina, 2011

INTRODUCTION The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act regulates the sales and marketing of tobacco products in the United States; poor adherence by tobacco retailers may reduce the effectiveness of the Act's provisions. The objectives of this study were 1) to assess whether and to which provisions retailers were adherent and 2) to examine differences in adherence by county, retaile...

Typhoid vaccines ready for implementation.

n engl j med 361;4 nejm.org july 23, 2009 403 is narrowly tailored to focus on smoking prevention in the nation’s young, will survive any such legal challenge. The long-term impact of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act on the health of the public will depend critically on its implementation through strict regulations, rigorously enforced. FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg and...

Regulations restricting the sale and distribution of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to protect children and adolescents. Final rule.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reissuing a final rule restricting the sale, distribution, and use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. As required by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act), FDA is issuing a final rule that is identical to the provisions of the final rule on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco published by FDA in 1996, with certain re...