FDA sends warning to retailers about tobacco sales

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is issuing its first warning letters to retailers for the illegal sale of tobacco products to minors in violation of the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act).

Using state inspectors who have been commissioned by the agency, the FDA visited 493 different retail establishments in Mississippi over the past three months and issued 25 warnings.

Mississippi was the first state to participate in the FDA’s State Enforcement Program, which got underway in the summer of 2010 and is designed to help enforce many provisions of the Tobacco Control Act and implementing regulations.

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One Response to “FDA sends warning to retailers about tobacco sales”

1. Your Brother Says:
   January 12th, 2011 at 7:54 pm

   If the punishment is not stiff enough the crack down will have little effect. The profects are to great to sale.