Open AccessTobacco Products Sold by Internet Vendors Following Restrictions on Flavors and Light Descriptors
Author(s) -
Catherine L. Jo,
Rebecca S. Williams,
Kurt M. Ribisl
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nicotine and tobacco research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.338
H-Index - 113
eISSN - 1469-994X
pISSN - 1462-2203
DOI - 10.1093/ntr/ntu167
Subject(s) - chapel , the internet , public health , tobacco control , library science , medicine , history , art history , computer science , world wide web , nursing
The 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act bans characterizing flavors (e.g., grape, strawberry) in cigarettes, excluding tobacco and menthol, and prohibits companies from using misleading descriptors (e.g., light, low) that imply reduced health risks without submitting scientific data to support the claim and obtaining a marketing authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. This observational study examines tobacco products offered by Internet cigarette vendors (ICV) pre- and postimplementation of the ban on characterizing flavors in cigarettes and the restriction on misleading descriptors.