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Regulations Restricting the Sale and Distribution of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco to Protect Children and Adolescents
Jump to full article: Food and Drug Administration (FDA), 2010-03-18
Intro: On March 19, 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will publish a rule that restricts the sale, distribution, and marketing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to protect children and adolescents. The rule is required by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and is intended to protect kids by making tobacco products less accessible and attractive to them.
As a retailer, you play an important role in protecting children and adolescents from the risks associated with using tobacco products. This is important because every day nearly 4,000 kids try their first cigarette and 1,000 kids become daily smokers. Many of these kids will become addicted before they are old enough to understand the risks and will ultimately die too young of tobacco-related diseases. This is an avoidable personal tragedy for those kids and their families as well as a preventable public health disaster for our country. Retailers are uniquely positioned to reduce underage access to tobacco products by complying with the FDA rule.
The FDA Center for Tobacco Products wants to provide you with information and tools to help you comply with the new requirements
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