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FDA’s approach to overseeing online tobacco retailers needs improvement
FDA’s approach to overseeing online tobacco retailers needs improvement
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Report in brief (United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General)
- Contributor(s):
- United States. Department of Health and Human Services. Office of Inspector General. Office of Evaluation and Inspections, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General, December 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Data Collection
Government Regulation
Tobacco Control
Tobacco Industry -- legislation & jurisprudence
Tobacco Products -- legislation & jurisprudence
Tobacco Products -- supply & distribution
United States
United States. Food and Drug Administration - Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Why OIG Did This Review. Youth tobacco use in the United States remains of high concern. Because online tobacco sales happen without buyers interacting with sellers face to face, these sales present a potentially easy way for minors to buy tobacco products without having their ages verified. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulates the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products. As part of multiple efforts to this end, FDA conducts investigations of online tobacco retailers to determine whether they are in violation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act). If a retailer violates the Tobacco Control Act, FDA may impose an advisory action - such as a warning letter - or an enforcement action. This study assesses FDA’s efforts to oversee online tobacco retailers’ compliance with the Tobacco Control Act. How OIG Did This Review. We analyzed annual summary data from FDA from 2010 through 2020 to determine the extent of FDA’s advisory and enforcement actions and to identify trends in FDA’s oversight of online retailers. We also interviewed FDA officials and collected written responses from FDA to understand the following: how the online investigations program operates, FDA’s challenges in implementing the program, and FDA’s actions to address these challenges. Finally, we reviewed FDA’s public website to gather information on FDA’s oversight of online tobacco retailers.
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (29 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918715888306676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918715888306676