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In 1992 Congress passed section 1926 of the Public
Health Service Act, (known as the Synar Amendment),
that prohibits the sale or distribution of tobacco products
to minors.
On
June 22, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Family
Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The Act
gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration the authority
to regulate the manufacturing, marketing, and sale of
tobacco products.
On
March 31, 2010, President Obama also signed into law
the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act (the PACT
Act) which became effective June 29, 2010. The
Act specifically applies to Internet sales of tobacco
and is designed to assure the collection of federal,
state, and local tobacco taxes on cigarettes and smokeless
tobacco sold via the internet and stopping internet
sales of tobacco to kids.
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