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Latest News
FDA Authorizes Marketing of Four Oral Tobacco Products
Research shows a low likelihood that youth, non-smokers, or former smokers would initiate or reinitiate tobacco use with these products.
October 19, 2021
FDA Permits Marketing of E-cigarette Products
FDA authorized marketing of three new tobacco products, marking the first set of ENDS products ever to be authorized through the PMTA pathway.
October 12, 2021
FDA Warns Companies That Ignore Marketing Denial Orders
All new tobacco products sold, distributed, or imported in the U.S. without FDA authorization are marketed unlawfully and risk enforcement.
October 7, 2021
FDA Tobacco on Twitter
2021
October
- CTPConnect Newsletter: FDA Permits Marketing of First E-Cigarette Products
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter: NYTS 2021 Released
- FDA Permits Marketing of New Oral Tobacco Products through Premarket Tobacco Product Application Pathway
- FDA Permits Marketing of E-Cigarette Products, Marking First Authorization of Its Kind by the Agency
- FDA In Brief: FDA Warns Firms for Continuing to Market E-cigarette Products After Agency Denied Authorizations
- FDA Finalizes Two Foundational Rules for Companies Seeking to Market New Tobacco Products
September
- Youth E-cigarette Use Remains a Serious Public Health Concern Amid COVID-19 Pandemic
- CTPConnect Newsletter: CTP Director Zeller’s Premarket Tobacco Review Update
- FDA Makes Significant Progress in Science-Based Public Health Application Review, Taking Action on Over 90% of More Than 6.5 Million ‘Deemed’ New Tobacco Products Submitted
August
- FDA Issues Marketing Denials to Over 55,000 Flavored ENDS
- CTPConnect Newsletter: Health Effects of Tobacco Use
- FDA Issues Refuse to File Letter to JD Nova Group LLC
July
- FDA In Brief: FDA Warns Firm With Over 15 Million Products Listed With FDA to Remove Unauthorized E-Cigarette Products from Market
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
June
- Statement on Withdrawal of the Unified Agenda Entry Pertaining to the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Premium Cigars and Related Request for Information
- Event - Deemed Product Review: A Conversation with the Center for Tobacco Products Office of Science
May
- Q&A with CTP's Director of Office of Regulations
- Update on FDA’s Application Review: PMTA List Posted, Progress Metrics Updated
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
- CTPConnect Newsletter
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
- 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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