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Latest News
New Findings on Youth Tobacco Use
Youth tobacco use is down from 2019 overall and for certain products. Learn the latest findings on the use of e-cigarettes, combustible products and more.
December 17, 2020
FDA Authorizes IQOS 3 System Holder & Charger
Agency's review of supplemental PMTA finds that the minor design changes do not raise new concerns related to health effects or changes in use behavior
December 7, 2020
Draft Guidance: Tobacco Perception & Intention Studies
FDA issues recommendations for designing and conducting TPPI studies that may help show that a tobacco product meets applicable marketing criteria
October 27, 2020
FDA Tobacco on Twitter
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
2019
December
- FDA permits sale of two new reduced nicotine cigarettes through premarket tobacco product application pathway
- FDA Streamlines Grandfathered Tobacco Product Status Determination Program
- Question and Answer with Ann Simoneau, JD, MBA, Director of CTP’s Office of Compliance and Enforcement
November
- FDA In Brief: Compliance Policy for Limited Modifications to Certain Marketed Tobacco Products
- FDA Authorizes Modified Risk Tobacco Products
- FDA In Brief: FDA expands work with Scholastic with launch of new youth e-cigarette prevention educational resources for middle and high schools
October
- FDA Warns Company Selling Nearly 100 Illegally Marketed Flavored E-Cigarette Products
- FDA Releases Report on CTP’s Compliance and Enforcement Activities Over Last Five Years
- FDA grants first-ever modified risk orders to eight smokeless tobacco products
- CTPConnect Newsletter
- Statement on consumer warning to stop using THC vaping products amid ongoing investigation into lung illnesses
- October 28-29, 2019: Public Meeting – Deemed Tobacco Product Applications
September
- FDA issues proposed rule for premarket tobacco product applications as part of commitment to continuing strong oversight of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products
- Trump Administration Combating Epidemic of Youth E-Cigarette Use with Plan to Clear Market of Unauthorized, Non-Tobacco-Flavored E-Cigarette Products
- FDA warns JUUL Labs for marketing unauthorized modified risk tobacco products, including in outreach to youth
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
August
- Statement on federal and state collaboration to investigate respiratory illnesses reported after use of e-cigarette products
- Statement on new results demonstrating continued success of the agency’s youth smoking prevention efforts and significant public health cost saving
- FDA proposes new required health warnings with color images for cigarette packages, advertisements to promote greater public understanding of the negative health consequences of smoking
- FDA Proposes New Health Warnings for Cigarette Packs and Ads
- FDA notifies four companies to remove 44 flavored e-liquid and hookah tobacco products from the market for not having required marketing authorization
- FDA In Brief: FDA encourages continued submission of reports related to seizures following e-cigarette use as part of agency's ongoing scientific investigation of potential safety issue
- FDA In Brief: FDA seeks comment on proposed additions to list of harmful and potentially harmful constituents found in tobacco products, including electronic nicotine delivery systems such as e-cigarettes and e-liquids
July
- New “Tobacco Regulatory Science in Action” videos highlight TCORS research
- Web Feature: CTP’s Office of Small Business Assistance - Helping Businesses With Limited Resources Comply With the Tobacco Law
- FDA launches first e-cigarette prevention TV ads to warn kids about the dangers of e-cigarette use, plans new posters and materials for schools as agency approaches one-year anniversary of public education campaign
- FDA Statement on the agency’s actions to tackle the epidemic of youth vaping and court ruling on application submission deadlines for certain tobacco products, including e-cigarettes
June
- CTPConnect Newsletter
- PATH Study Gives Insight on Tobacco Use
- FDA In Brief: FDA provides free digital calendars to retailers as part of voluntary educational program aimed at preventing illegal sales of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products to minors
- Tobacco Use and Men’s Health
- FDA finalizes guidance for premarket tobacco product applications for electronic nicotine delivery systems as part of commitment to oversight of e-cigarettes
- Marketing ENDS as New Tobacco Products: A Guide for Manufacturers
- FDA, FTC take action to protect kids by citing four firms that make, sell flavored e-liquids for violations related to online posts by social media influencers on their behalf
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
May
- Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) and E-Liquid Manufacturer Site Tours Program—Request to host a tour by 7/23/2019.
- How are Non-Combusted Cigarettes, Sometimes Called Heat-Not-Burn Products, Different from E-Cigarettes and Cigarettes?
- Questions and Answers on the National Youth Tobacco Survey: How We Collect and Analyze Data to Understand Youth Tobacco Use
- Chemicals in Tobacco Products and Your Health
April
- FDA permits sale of IQOS Tobacco Heating System through premarket tobacco product application pathway
- Question and Answer with Matt Holman, Ph.D., Director of CTP’s Office of Science
- FDA In Brief: FDA warns companies to stop making, selling or distributing e-liquids marketed to resemble prescription cough syrups
- Web Statement: Some E-cigarette Users Are Having Seizures, Most Reports Involving Youth and Young Adults
- Public Scientific Workshop and Request for Comment Youth Tobacco Cessation: Science and Treatment Strategies
March
- CTPConnect Newsletter
- Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on actions to advance our comprehensive plan to reduce tobacco-related disease and death, through new efforts to improve the tobacco product application review process, including a newly proposed rule
- FDA In Brief: As part of continuing efforts to advance robust framework for oversight of e-cigarettes, FDA finalizes compliance policy for certain activities conducted by vape shops that modify e-cigarettes
- Spotlight on Science Newsletter
- Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on advancing new policies aimed at preventing youth access to, and appeal of, flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and cigars
- Think E-Cigs Can’t Harm Teens’ Health?
- Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on forceful new actions focused on retailers, manufacturers to combat youth access to e-cigarettes as part of FDA’s Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan
February
- FDA Issues New Draft Guidance: Enforcement Policy for Certain Marketed Tobacco Products
- Keep Your Air Clear: How Tobacco Can Harm Your Lungs
- FDA advances framework for enabling the study of new tobacco products as part of the agency’s ongoing commitment to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of tobacco product regulation
- Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011–2018
- Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on new data demonstrating rising youth use of tobacco products and the agency’s ongoing actions to confront the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use
- CDC Press Release: Results from 2018 National Youth Tobacco Survey show dramatic increase in e-cigarette use among youth over past year
- FDA pursues order barring specific retailers from selling tobacco products as part of its continuing efforts to target youth tobacco use
- Quitting Smoking: Closer with Every Attempt
- FDA joins forces with Scholastic to expand distribution of youth e-cigarette prevention posters to every U.S. high school, releases new resources for public health groups as part of Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan
- How Smoking Affects Heart Health
January
- Nicotine: The Addictive Chemical in Tobacco Products
- Smoking: A Women’s Health Issue
- Public Hearing and Request for Comment—Eliminating Youth Electronic Cigarette Use: The Role for Drug Therapies *Rescheduled from December 2018*
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