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Cigarette v. Cigar Chart
Federal legislators and regulators have previously focused their efforts on cigarettes and smokeless tobacco, leaving cigars largely unregulated. The following chart illustrates lapses in cigar regulation in Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act and corollary regulations.
| FDA Provision/Regulation for Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco Products | FDA Provision/Regulation for Cigars |
|---|---|
| Directs the Secretary of HHS to issue regulations that require color graphics depicting health consequences of cigarettes | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Requires the Secretary of HHS to develop an action plan to enforce restrictions on promotion of cigarettes to youth | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Requires the FTC to coordinate with the Secretary of HHS to enforce the advertising provisions of the FTC Act relating to cigarettes and smokeless tobacco | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Preserves local and state authority by allowing the imposition of specific bans or restrictions on the time, place, and manner, but not the content, of the advertising or promotion of any cigarettes | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Prohibits the sale of flavored cigarettes | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Requires the Secretary of HHS to recommend information on the use of menthol in cigarettes and how it affects youth usage | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Requires the Secretary of HHS to promulgate a final rule regulating the sales, use and distribution of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco containing nicotine | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Requires bigger, bolder health warnings on cigarette packages | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act to prohibit any person from manufacturing, packaging, selling, offering to sell, distributing, or importing for sale or distribution within the United States any cigarettes the packages of which fail to bear specified warning labels | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Prohibits the sale of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco to minors; requires verification of age for consumers younger than 26 years of age | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Requires the sale of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco to be the result of direct, face-to-face interaction | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Necessitates compliance with minimum packaging requirements for cigarettes | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Bans the use of credits, proofs-of-purchase or coupons for the purchase of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Prohibits the use of nontobacco products’ trade or brand names for cigarettes or smokeless tobacco | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Prohibits the distribution of free smokeless tobacco products at sporting or entertainment events | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Prohibits the sponsorship or association of cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products with any entertainment or athletic entity | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Requires manufacturers, distributors and retailers to notify the FDA of plans to advertise cigarettes or smokeless tobacco products in certain mediums | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Specifies that cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products must be advertised using black text on white backgrounds only | No equivalent provision/regulation |
| Prohibits the use of sound or music in audio and visual advertisements for cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products | No equivalent provision/regulation |
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