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Thomas A. Briant

NATO Executive Director ...

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Thomas A. Briant

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Tobacco

FDA Retail Webinar Scheduled for Wednesday, September 5

On Wednesday, September 5, the FDA will host a compliance training webinar for retailers on compliance check inspection notifications. The webinar will be held at 2:00 p.m. Eastern, 1:00 p.m. Central,...

Tobacco

NATO Supports Investigation of CDC Grants

Last week, NATO issued a press release to the top 100 newspapers in the country supporting the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee's investigation into the possible illegal use of federal sti...

Tobacco

RYO Operators are Manufacturers: Appeals Court

The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the rule that classified retail operators of commercial roll-your-own cigarette machines as tobacco product manufacturers.

Tobacco

Congress Raises Serious Questions About Use of Federal Funds for Lobbying

The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee last week sent a letter to Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), raising serious questions about the ...

Tobacco

Two Federal Programs Conduct Compliance Inspections on Tobacco Retailers

Both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) conduct compliance inspections on retailers that sell tobacco products. Whil...

Tobacco

Refresher on FDA Tobacco Regulations

Rules retailers need to abide by to be compliant

Tobacco

FDA Quarterly Report on Federal Tobacco Regulations

Last Friday, the U.S. Food & Drug Administration's Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) issued a quarterly progress report on the agency's actions and efforts in implementing the federal toba...

CSP Magazine

Refresher on Tobacco Regulations

Three years ago, in June 2009, the FDA was granted the authority to regulate tobacco products and a whole new set of rules and requirements were implemented for tobacco retailers.

Tobacco

Key Local Issues Update

Several important local tobacco ordinance issues have either been recently resolved or action is pending in the coming weeks. These local actions include the pending repeal of the Haverstraw, New York...

Tobacco

FDA Cigarettes Warnings & Retail Price Signs

Last week, a NATO retail member contacted the NATO office and asked if the new FDA cigarette text health warnings and graphic pictures were required to be included in a retailer's cigarette price ...

Tobacco

President Signs Transportation Bill; RYO Machine Regulation Takes Effect

On Friday, July 6, the President signed the transportation bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate, which included the provision that defines commercial roll-your-own RYO ...

Tobacco

A Mid-Year Review of State Tobacco Tax Increases

With one-half of the year now over, only three states have raised cigarette and/or other tobacco product tax rates. In fact, 35 states have now adjourned their respective 2012 legislative sessions and...

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