# Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements; Delayed Effective Date
> **Food and Drug Administration** · Final rule; delay of effective date. · Published 2021-09-13 · Effective 2020-03-18 · 86 FR 50854
## Document
- **Document number:** 2021-19688
- **Category:** fda-tobacco
- **Sub-agency:** Food and Drug Administration
- **Federal Register citation:** 86 FR 50854
- **CFR reference:** 21 CFR 1141
- **Publication date:** 2021-09-13
- **Effective date:** 2020-03-18
- **HHS docket:** Docket No. FDA-2019-N-3065
## Abstract

As required by an order issued by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, this action delays the effective date of the final rule ("Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements"), which published on March 18, 2020. The new effective date is October 11, 2022.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/09/13/2021-19688/tobacco-products-required-warnings-for-cigarette-packages-and-advertisements-delayed-effective-date)
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