Tobacco Ingredient and Nicotine1 Reporting
Key Terms and Definitions
Chemical Abstract Service (CAS) Number
CAS is the acronym for the Chemical Abstract Service registry number.
Each chemical compound has a unique CAS number for purposes of identification,
assigned by the American Chemical Society. A CAS registry is available from
the National
Institutes of Health National Library of Medicine at
http://chem.sis.nlm.nih.gov/chemidplus/chemidheavy.jsp or from the
Food and Drug Administration at
http://www.fda.gov/cder/iig/iigfaqWEB.htm.
Cigarette
The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (FCLAA), 15 U.S.C.
§1332(1)(A) and (B) defines a cigarette as "any roll of tobacco wrapped
in paper or in any substance not containing tobacco…[and] any roll
of tobacco wrapped in any substance containing tobacco which, because of
its appearance, the type of tobacco used in the filler, or its packaging
and labeling, is likely to be offered to, or purchased by, consumers as
a cigarette…"
Compliant
A manufacturer, packager, or importer has successfully submitted an
Ingredient Report that lists each ingredient with their proper chemical
name and CAS registry number, and, as applicable, a specification of the
quantity of nicotine in smokeless tobacco products.
Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education
Act (CSTHEA)
The Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act (CSTHEA), Public
Law 98–252, was passed in 1986 to inform the public of any dangers
to human health resulting from the use of smokeless tobacco products. CSTHEA
requires, in part, that each person who manufactures, packages, or imports
smokeless tobacco products to annually submit to the Department of Health
and Human Services the list of ingredients added to tobacco in the manufacture
of smokeless tobacco products as well as a specification of the quantity
of nicotine contained in each smokeless tobacco product.
Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising
Act (FCLAA)
The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (FCLAA), Public Law 89–92,
is a statute that was designed to “establish a comprehensive federal program
to deal with cigarette labeling and advertising with respect to any relationship
between smoking and health.” In 1984, this Act was amended by PL 98–474,
the Comprehensive Smoking Education Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1335a(a) to in part
provide the Department of Health and Human Services with a list of the ingredients
added to tobacco in the manufacture of cigarettes.
Inactive
A company that, to our knowledge, is no longer manufacturing, packaging,
or importing tobacco products.
Ingredient Report
A list of ingredients and their corresponding CAS numbers that are added
to tobacco in the manufacture of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products
during the previous calendar year.
Nicotine Report
A specification of the quantity of nicotine (total nicotine, un-ionized
nicotine, total moisture, and pH) contained in smokeless tobacco products
from the previous calendar year.
Noncompliant
A manufacturer, packager, or importer has failed to provide the annual
Ingredient Report (and as applicable, Nicotine Report
for smokeless tobacco) by the March 31 deadline or upon initial import,
and/or failed to correct inadequacies or errors in a submission within 60
days of notification of these errors.
Smokeless Tobacco
The Comprehensive Smokeless Tobacco Health Education Act (CSTHEA), 15
U.S.C. §4408, defines smokeless tobacco as “any finely cut, ground, powdered,
or leaf tobacco that is intended to be placed in the oral cavity.”
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