Citation charges issued increased by 12.8% in 2022 (2022 1,443, 2021 1,279)
In China, Duan Tieli, deputy director-general of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (STMA), told news media in March 2016 that to print graphic health warnings and signs on cigarette packaging does not conform to traditional Chinese culture, and presently, there is no plan for adding such graphic health warnings, which immediately aroused controversy among the public
Objects mean things, sometimes
The administration should not delay further in putting these rules into effect. On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration said that finalizing rules to ban menthol tobacco products remains a top priority. Final rules such as these go through an extensive rulemaking process, including agency review and consideration of public comments, development of the final rule, and subsequent review by the Department of Health and Human Services and the White House Office of Management and Budget, an FDA spokesperson said