Press Announcements > FDA pursues order barring specific retailers from selling tobacco products as part of its continuing efforts to target youth tobacco use

Press Announcements > FDA pursues order barring specific retailers from selling tobacco products as part of its continuing efforts to target youth tobacco use





FDA pursues order barring specific retailers from selling tobacco products as part of its continuing efforts to target youth tobacco use

Agency escalates enforcement action against local Walgreens, Circle K retail locations for repeatedly selling tobacco products to minors

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today initiated enforcement action against certain retail locations of Walgreen Co. and Circle K Stores Inc. for repeated violations of restrictions on the sale and distribution of tobacco products, including sales of cigars and menthol cigarettes to minors. The agency filed complaints seeking No-Tobacco-Sale Orders (NTSO), which seek to bar the two specific retail locations from selling tobacco products for 30 days. The two retail outlets that are the subject of these NTSO actions are a Walgreens store in ...