Tobacco Products; Required Warnings for Cigarette Packages and Advertisements; Delayed Effective Date

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Health and Human Services Food and Drug Administration 21 CFR Part 1141 [Docket No. FDA-2019-N-3065] RIN 0910-AI39 AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS. ACTION: Final rule; delay of effective date. SUMMARY: 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 April 9, 2023. DATES: The effective date of the rule amending 21 CFR part 1141 published at 85 FR 15638 , March 18, 2020, and delayed at 85 FR 32293 , May 29, 2020; 86 FR 3793 , January 15, 2021; 86 FR 36509 , July 12, 2021; 86 FR 50855 , September 13, 2021; and 86 FR 70052 , December 9, 2021, is further delayed until April 9, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Courtney Smith, Office of Regulations, Center for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Document Control Center, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Bldg. 71, Rm. G335, Silver Spring, MD 20993-0002, 1-877-287-1371, email: CTPRegulations@fda.hhs.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Federal Register of March 18, 2020, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or Agency) issued a final rule establishing 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) ( Pub. L…