Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA, the Agency, or we) is issuing a final rule to establish new cigarette health warnings for cigarette packages and advertisements. The final rule implements a provision of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act) that requires FDA to issue regulations requiring color graphics depicting the negative health consequences of smoking to accompany new textual warning label statements. The Tobacco Control Act amends the Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (FCLAA) of 1965 to require each cigarette package and advertisement to bear one of the new required warnings. The final rule specifies the 11 new textual warning label statements and accompanying color graphics. FDA is taking this action to promote greater public understanding of the negative health consequences of cigarette smoking.