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Prohibition of Sale of Tobacco Products to Persons Younger Than 21 Years of Age
The Food and Drug Administration published this final rule in the Federal Register on August 30, 2024. It took effect on September 30, 2024.
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What the agency says
The Food and Drug Administration is issuing a final rule to make conforming changes as required by the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (Appropriations Act), which established a new Federal minimum age of sale for tobacco products. These conforming changes include increasing the minimum age of sale for cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and covered tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age; increasing the minimum age for age verification by means of photographic identification for cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and covered tobacco products from under the age of 27 to under the age of 30; increasing the minimum age of individuals who may be present or permitted to enter facilities that maintain vending machines to sell cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, or covered tobacco products from 18 to 21 years of age; and increasing the minimum age of individuals who may be present or permitted to enter facilities that maintain self-service displays that sell cigarettes or smokeless tobacco from 18 to 21 years of age.
Key facts
- Document number
- 2024-19481
- Type
- Final rule
- Action
- Final rule
- Agency
- Health and Human Services Department; Food and Drug Administration
- Published
- August 30, 2024
- Takes effect
- September 30, 2024
- Dates
- This rule is effective September 30, 2024.
- Docket
- Docket No. FDA-2020-N-1395
- Regulation ID (RIN)
- 0910-AI51
- Code of Federal Regulations
- 21 CFR 1140
- Topics
- Advertising; Labeling; Smoking; Tobacco
- Significant
- Yes, under Executive Order 12866
- Pages
- 4
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