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If you make, modify, mix, manufacture, fabricate, assemble, process, label, repack, relabel, or import any tobacco product, then you are considered a tobacco product manufacturer. Importers of finished tobacco products, are regulated as tobacco product manufacturers, distributors, or both.

How Do I Comply with FDA's Tobacco Regulations?

If you are a tobacco product manufacturer, then you must, as applicable:


Importers and the import trade community – for additional information on importing tobacco products, including information on filing an entry, please refer to the following resources: 



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