�Detention Without Physical Examination of Certain Regulated Tobacco Products Lacking Labeling Requirements Specified in Section 903(a)(2) of the FD&C Act�

Why FDA issued it

NOTE: The revision of this Import Alert, dated 09/13/2024, updates the reason for alert and guidance section, updates PAC code and Agency contacts. Changes are bracketed by asterisks (***). In June 2009, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) provided FDA with authority to regulate tobacco products by recognizing it as the primary Federal regulatory authority with respect to the manufacture, marketing, and distribution of cigarettes, cigarette tobacco, roll-your-own tobacco, and smokeless tobacco. The Deeming rule, which published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2016, and took effect on August 8, 2016, extended FDA�s authority to additional tobacco products such as electronic cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco, and pipe tobacco, including their components and parts, but not their accessories. Deemed tobacco products immediately became subject to Chapter IX of the

Quoted from the “Reason for Alert” section of the FDA page for 98-08, mirrored 30 August 2026. The quotation is truncated at the length this copy carries.