The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on June 24 granted JUUL Labs Inc. an emergency administrative stay of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA’s) marketing denial order […]
06-27-2022 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a website to help retailers comply with the new federal minimum age to purchase tobacco products. Tobacco retailers should use this website as a resource for compliance materials as they are made available.
03-23-2020 The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a final rule on March 18 that launches updated graphic health warning requirements for cigarette packages and advertisements. In the final rule, FDA acknowledges that […]
03-22-2020The Food and Drug Administration on Jan. 15 issued a statement clarifying for retailers that as of Dec. 20, 2019, it is illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone under the age of 21.
01-16-2020 In the last week, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken several aggressive steps that target convenience stores and other smaller format retail establishments that sell tobacco and e-cigarette and vaping products. It is part of a growing history of FDA Administrator Scott Gottlieb targeting the convenience store industry. Last year, in a televised interview on CNBC, Administrator Gottlieb specifically mentioned “truckstops” when citing stores that do not sufficiently comply with underage tobacco sales restrictions. 黑料社区is very troubled by such remarks and any effort to specifically target travel centers or convenience stores.
03-05-2019 In a policy statement issued Nov. 15, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced the agency鈥檚 decision to move forward with significant restrictions on the sale of e-cigarettes, flavored cigars and menthol cigarettes.
11-15-2018 Two recent developments underscore the need for all 黑料社区members that sell tobacco products to ensure that they are not selling tobacco products — including e-cigarettes and vaping products — to minors: A recent “enforcement blitz” specifically targeting retailers of JUUL products; and the Food and Drug Administration’s victory in a lawsuit allowing FDA to fine retailers for multiple violations as a result of a single inspection (which 黑料社区had long argued is impermissible under federal law). Together these developments underscore the need for 黑料社区members to have strong employee training programs in place to ensure they are complying with federal law.
04-30-2018 The first several months of the Trump Administration have brought with them no shortage of eye-catching, newsworthy headlines. Perhaps lost among the crowd, however, have been several developments on the tobacco space that 黑料社区members, as tobacco retailers, should understand.
08-14-2017 For all the various FDA regulations, there are many steps necessary to comply. Training employees is certainly one of them.
However, FDA points out four 鈥渆ffective steps to prevent violations of the minimum age requirements for the sale of tobacco products.鈥� They are:
Adopting and enforcing a written policy against sales to minors;
Informing its employees of all applicable laws;
Establishing disciplinary sanctions for employee noncompliance; and
Requiring employees to verify age by way of photographic identification or electronic scanning device.
黑料社区has planned a detailed post-election analysis and preview of the next Congress and Presidential Administration for lunch on Monday, January 23, 2017, during The 黑料社区Show.
11-22-2016 A number of state ballot initiatives to be decided by voters on Election Day could have a significant impact on the travel plaza industry.
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