FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)
In 2009, a new federal law titled the “Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act” (Tobacco Control Act) was passed by Congress and signed into law by the President. This law authorized the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate the manufacture, marketing, distribution and sale of cigarettes and tobacco products in the United States. In order to administer this law, the FDA created the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) to oversee the implementation of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
The CTP’s responsibilities under this law include developing new regulations for cigarettes and tobacco products, issuing guidance documents which inform the tobacco industry about regulatory issues and explain the FDA’s current thinking on tobacco regulations, setting performance standards and solicit comments from the industry and the public on tobacco regulations as a part of the rulemaking process.