On June 22, 2009, the President signed
the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (the Tobacco
Control Act) (Public Law 111-31) into law. The Tobacco Control Act
grants FDA important authority to regulate the manufacture,
marketing, and distribution of tobacco products to protect the
public health generally and to reduce tobacco use by minors. The
Tobacco Control Act provides for lower civil money penalties for
violations of sale and distribution, including youth access, and
advertising and promotions restrictions issued under the Federal
Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act), as amended by the
Tobacco Control Act, for retailers who have implemented a training
program that complies with standards developed by FDA for such
programs. FDA intends to promulgate regulations establishing
standards for approved retailer training programs. Until FDA
promulgates these regulations, the agency intends to use the lower
maximum civil money penalties schedule for all retailers who
violate the restriction of the sale and distribution of cigarettes
and smokeless tobacco products, whether or not they have
implemented a training program. However, FDA may consider further
reducing the civil money penalty for retailers who have implemented
a training program. In the interim, the guidance document
associated with this collection of information is intended to
assist tobacco retailers in implementing training programs for
employees.
We have corrected a math error
from the previous ICR. The previous recordkeeping total was listed
as 668,160 and should have been 657,360. We have matched that total
for this ICR which resulted in a decrease of 10,800 recordkeeping
hours. There are no other changes in burden to this
collection.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.