Even with health agencies' efforts, cigarette smoking "remains the leading cause of preventable disease and death" in the U.S., said the CDC. It kills more than 480,000 Americans each year. Without ...

Tobacco company R.J. Reynolds appealed to the high court after the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found the warnings ... new labels might appear. Some legal claims remain and the FDA has ...

Yet within the FDA, the officials said the cuts effectively collapsed its tobacco enforcement operation. The agency’s process consists of three stages: A warning letter sent to a retailer after ...

The agency has also continued to publish warning letters related to drugs and tobacco products, as well as one related to imported food that was issued by a separate FDA division that was spared ...