FDA Issues Warning Letters to Online Tobacco Retailers

Four online companies cited for selling regulated tobacco products to minors.

September 11, 2014

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that Warning Letters were issued to four online retailers because minors were able to purchase regulated tobacco products from their websites.

FDA says that as of August 1, it has conducted more than 324,000 inspections of tobacco product retail establishments and issued more than 17,600 Warning Letters to retailers for violating the law. More than half of those Warning Letters were for selling tobacco products to minors.

September is We Card Awareness Month and retailers look to We Card to stay current on their responsible retailing efforts to identify and prevent not just tobacco but e-cigarettes and other age-restricted product sales to minors.

For more information, visit WeCard.org.

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