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Cumulative number of Civil Money Penalties filed for the FY against Tobacco Retailers (excluding internet based)

Dictionary: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and provided the FDA with a broad set of sanctions for violations of the law. Such sanctions may include: warning letter, civil money penalty, import alert, seizure, injunction, and criminal prosecution.

Civil Money Penalties are assessed against tobacco product retailers not in compliance with tobacco product requirements. For more information about the agency’s current policies with respect to civil money penalties for retailers who are in violation, please see CTP’s website Guidance, Compliance & Regulatory Information, to find the guidance entitled, “Guidance for FDA and Tobacco Retailers Civil Money Penalties and No-Tobacco-Sale Orders For Tobacco Retailers.”

Information is current as of November 30, 2012

• FY 2011
• FY 2012
• FY 2013
• All

Number of Civil Money Penalties filed in the month against Tobacco Retailers (excluding internet based)

Fiscal Year - 2013

Time	Target	Number
Oct 2012	N/A	0
Nov 2012	N/A	18
Dec 2012	N/A	TBD
Jan 2013	N/A	TBD
Feb 2013	N/A	TBD
Mar 2013	N/A	TBD
Apr 2013	N/A	TBD
May 2013	N/A	TBD
Jun 2013	N/A	TBD
Jul 2013	N/A	TBD
Aug 2013	N/A	TBD
Sep 2013	N/A	TBD

FY 2013 YTD: 18

Cumulative dollar amount of Civil Money Penalties Assessed for the FY against Tobacco Retailers (excluding internet based)

Dictionary: The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act amended the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and provided the FDA with several enforcement tools to utilize when regulated industry fails to comply with the law. These tools include: warning letter, civil money penalty, no-tobacco-sale order, seizure, injunction, and criminal prosecution.

Civil Money Penalties (CMPs) are generally assessed against a tobacco product retailer who has previously received a Warning Letter and are found to be in violation with tobacco product requirements during subsequent inspections. The CMPs are available in a searchable database on the agency’s website at http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oce/inspections/oce_insp_searching.cfm. For more information about the agency’s current policies with respect to civil money penalties for retailers who are in violation, please see CTP’s website Guidance, Compliance & Regulatory Information, to find the guidance entitled, “Guidance for FDA and Tobacco Retailers Civil Money Penalties and No-Tobacco-Sale Orders For Tobacco Retailers.”

Total dollar amount of Civil Money Penalties assessed in the month against Tobacco Retailers (excluding internet based)

Fiscal Year - 2013

Time	Target	Dollar
Oct 2012	N/A	12,125
Nov 2012	N/A	4,750
Dec 2012	N/A	TBD
Jan 2013	N/A	TBD
Feb 2013	N/A	TBD
Mar 2013	N/A	TBD
Apr 2013	N/A	TBD
May 2013	N/A	TBD
Jun 2013	N/A	TBD
Jul 2013	N/A	TBD
Aug 2013	N/A	TBD
Sep 2013	N/A	TBD

FY 2013 YTD: $16,875