FDA Issues Warning Letters Against Illegal Tobacco Marketing, Flavored Cigarette Sales
The Food and Drug Administration has announced that it issued 11 warning letters during the week of May 16-20 to online retailers for illegally marketing tobacco products with misleading or unsubstantiated claims or descriptors indicating that they can be used…
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to reduce harm or the risk of tobacco-related disease. FDA cited the online retailers for a variety of illegal marketing claims that violate the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, including use of terms such as: “Light”; “Low”; “Mild”; “Less toxic”; or “Safer.” In addition to these marketing violations, other cited violations included the illegal sale of flavored cigarettes.