Content about Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act

April 10, 2013

Obama budget proposes increasing tobacco taxes

President Barack Obama has proposed increasing federal taxes on cigarettes, drawing criticism from tobacco companies and praise from anti-smoking groups.

December 17, 2012

GSK to submit comments on FDA smoking-cessation products hearing

The consumer products division of British drug maker GlaxoSmithKline wants its voice heard at a Food and Drug Administration hearing scheduled for next year on a section in a 2009 law to regulate tobacco products that deals with smoking-cessation products, the company said Monday.

October 12, 2012

FDA petitions appellate court to revisit tobacco decision restricting government graphic-image mandate

The Food and Drug Administration took the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 one step closer to being considered by the Supreme Court earlier this week.

April 3, 2012

FDA releases tobacco regulation draft guidance

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday released draft guidance that ultimately will provide the public with previously unknown information about the chemicals in tobacco products and help prevent misleading marketing about the risks associated with tobacco products, the agency said.

March 24, 2011

Give me cigarettes or give me health: 82% of menthol smokers would quit if FDA banned menthol cigarettes, GSK survey finds

Four-in-5 menthol smokers would quit if the Food and Drug Administration banned mentholated cigarettes, according to a survey conducted this month with sponsorship from GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare.

January 7, 2011

FDA on lookout for tobacco violations in Mississippi

Nearly 500 retailers in Mississippi had to submit to Food and Drug Administration inspections concerning alleged tobacco sales to minors, the FDA said Friday.

January 5, 2011

FDA to require 'substantially equivalent' reviews of new tobacco products

Certain tobacco products introduced to the market or changed after Feb. 15, 2007, are subject to enhanced scrutiny by the Food and Drug Administration, the agency said Wednesday.

November 10, 2010

Health officials cracking down on smoking with graphic tobacco control strategy

The Department of Health and Human Services on Wednesday unveiled a new comprehensive tobacco control...

January 14, 2010

Court rules Smoking Everywhere's electronic cigarette a tobacco product, not a drug

An electronic cigarette designed to mimic the effects and traditional cigarettes qualifies as a tobacco...

January 5, 2010

Judge overturns two provisions in FDA tobacco law

A federal judge found that two provisions in a law gives the FDA regulatory control...

July 5, 2009

Kicking the habit with Nicorette

First, it’s the first truly “new” product to enter the smoking cessation space in...