The Food and Drug Administration FDA has proposed a rule on April 25 2015 to change certain products to be listed as tobacco products This memo will list the way 1 the rule will regulate the newly named tobacco products by implementing the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act s and the Tobacco Control Act s regulations 2 the rule will greatly impact companies involved in the electronic cigarette and hookah industry and businesses attempting to distribute and profit from electronic cigarettes and hookahs and 3 the impacted companies will financially be affected by the restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products POINT 1 RULE SUMMARY The Food and Drug Administration FDA has proposed a rule that will force tobacco products to follow the Federal Food Drug and Cosmetic Act the FD C Act as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act The Tobacco Control Act allows the FDA to regulate tobacco products that they believe are subject to the law Cigarettes smokeless tobacco and roll your own tobacco are under the FDA's regulatory authority
