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Latest News
FDA announces plans to advance two tobacco product standards
FDA seeks to ban menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and ban all characterizing flavors (including menthol) in cigars.
April 29, 2021
Tobacco Education Resources for Parents and Teachers
Find new videos, created in collaboration with AAP, and resources for parents and educators that focus on the health impacts of youth e-cigarette use.
April 13, 2021
FDA Requests Information About Use of Social Media and Influencers to Market E-cigarettes
FDA issued letters to four companies requesting information about their use of social media and influencer marketing related to their electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) brands.
March 17, 2021
FDA Tobacco on Twitter
2021
June
- Event - Deemed Product Review: A Conversation with the Center for Tobacco Products Office of Science
May
April
March
February
- CTPConnect Newsletter
- Perspective: FDA’s Progress on Review of Tobacco Product Applications Submitted by the Sept. 9, 2020 Deadline
January
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
- FDA Marks Historic Public Health Milestone with Finalization of Two Key Rules for Companies Seeking to Market New Tobacco Products
- FDA Warns Firms to Remove Unauthorized E-liquid Products from Market in First Letters Issued to Manufacturers that Did Not Submit Premarket Applications by Deadline
- CBP, FDA Seize Counterfeit, Unauthorized E-Cigarettes
- FDA In Brief: FDA Continues to Collaborate with Scholastic; Launches Student Magazine and Art Contest Encouraging Middle and High School Students Not to Vape
2020
December
November
October
September
- Tips for Safe Disposal of E-Cigarettes and E-Liquid Waste
- Next Steps on the Sept. 9 Premarket Submissions
- National Survey Shows Encouraging Decline in Overall Youth E-Cigarette Use; Concerning Uptick in Use of Disposable Products
- Web Statement: Individual Requests for Extensions of Sept. 9 Premarket Application Deadline
August
- Perspective Piece: FDA’s Preparations for the September 9 Submission Deadline
- Statement on Premarket Authorization Requirements for Premium Cigars
- CTPConnect Newsletter
- CTP’s Exchange Lab Offers Free Tobacco Education Materials
- CTP Expands Hiring To Meet Regulatory Goals
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
July
- Q&A with CTP’s Director of Communications
- FDA Notifies Companies, Including Puff Bar, to Remove Flavored Disposable E-Cigarettes and Youth-Appealing E-Liquids from Market for Not Having Required Authorization
- In a podcast interview with the Oncology Nursing Society, Mitch Zeller discusses tobacco’s effect on American health, communication strategies for patients with cancer who want to quit, and what FDA is doing to mitigate its harm
- FDA Authorizes Marketing of IQOS Tobacco Heating System with ‘Reduced Exposure’ Information
May
April
- FDA Warns Manufacturers and Retailers to Remove Certain E-cigarette Products Targeted to Youth from the Market
- Enforcement Actions Against Illegally Marketed Tobacco Products
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: Court Grants FDA’s Request for Extension of Premarket Review Submission Deadline for Certain Tobacco Products Because of Impacts from COVID-19
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
March
- FDA Submits Request to Court to Extend Premarket Application Deadline for Certain Deemed Products
- FDA Requires New Health Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements
- FDA Seeks Input on New Application Submission Form for Grouped PMTA Submissions
- FDA Takes Action Against Retailers and Manufacturers to Remove Unauthorized E-Cigarettes From the Market
February
January
- FDA Warns Maker of Nicotine-Containing Toothpicks
- CTPConnect Newsletter
- The Freedom of Information Act: Protecting Citizens' "Right to Know" by Fostering CTP Transparency
- FDA In Brief: FDA expands youth e-cigarette prevention campaign to include stories from teenagers addicted to nicotine
- Web Statement: Newly Signed Legislation Raises Federal Minimum Age of Sale of Tobacco Products to 21
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
- Teen E-Cigarette Prevention Materials for Educators: Questions and Answers on FDA’s Collaboration with Scholastic
- FDA finalizes enforcement policy on unauthorized flavored cartridge-based e-cigarettes that appeal to children, including fruit and mint
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- Features Archive (2013 - 2016)
- Public Meeting and Workshop Archive (2009 - 2016)
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