Source: https://www.fda.gov/inspections-compliance-enforcement-and-criminal-investigations/warning-letters/wwwilovecigarettecom-09052014
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www.ilovecigarette.com - 09/05/2014 | FDA
www.ilovecigarette.com - 09/05/2014
www.ilovecigarette.com Sep 05, 2014
www.ilovecigarette.com
To: sikhoo0@hotmail.com
The Center for Tobacco Products of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently reviewed the websites, http://www.ilovecigarette.com and http://www.sikhoo0.com, and determined that the cigarette productslisted there are offered for sale to customers in the United States. FDA believes these websites are affiliated with one another because they contain the same contact information, including but not limited to telephone number, email address, Skype username, Facebook page, and Twitter handle. Under section 201(rr) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) (21 U.S.C. § 321(rr)), as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act), these products are tobacco products because they are made or derived from tobacco and intended for human consumption. Certain tobacco products, including cigarettes, are subject to FDA jurisdiction under section 901(b) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387a(b)).
FDA has determined that your Esse Classic cigarette product is misbranded under section 903(a)(7)(B) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(B)) because you sold this product to a person younger than 18 years of age, in violation of 21 C.F.R. § 1140.14(a). Additionally,FDA has determined that several of your cigarette products are adulterated under section 902(8) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(8)) because they are modified risk tobacco products sold or distributed without an FDA order in effect that permits such sale or distribution. Additionally, FDA has determined that some of your cigarette products are adulterated under section 902(5) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(5)) or misbranded under section 903(a)(1) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(1)) or section 903(a)(7)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(A)) because they purport to contain a natural or artificial characterizing flavor. You can find the FD&C Act through links on FDA’s homepage at http://www.fda.gov.
FDA’s investigation of the website, http://www.ilovecigarette.com,revealed that you sold a tobacco productto a minor. Specifically, during our investigation of the website, a minor purchased a tobacco product from this website. No retailer may sell cigarettes or smokeless tobacco to a person younger than 18 years of age under 21 C.F.R. § 1140.14(a). Under section 903(a)(7)(B) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(B)), tobacco products are misbranded if sold or distributed in violation of regulations prescribed under section 906(d) of the FD&C Act, including those within 21 C.F.R. Part 1140. A person younger than 18 years of age purchased “Esse Classic” cigarettesfrom the website, http://www.ilovecigarette.com. Because this product is sold or distributed to persons younger than 18 years of age in violation of 21 C.F.R. § 1140.14(a), this product is misbranded under section 903(a)(7)(B) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(B)).
You sell or distribute products that you describe on the websites, http://www.ilovecigarette.com and http://www.sikhoo0.com, as being light or ultra light by referring to them as such in product labeling or advertising and adding the qualifiers “Light” or “Ultra Light” to the product names. Specifically, our review of the website http://www.ilovecigarette.com revealed that you sell or distribute products listed as: Marlboro Gold (“Marlboro Light”); Marlboro Silver (“Marlboro Ultra Light”); and Timeless Time (“Time Light”). Our review of the website http://www.sikhoo0.com revealed that you sell or distribute products listed as: Marlboro Gold (“Marlboro LIGHT GOLD”) and Marlboro Silver (“Marlboro ULTRA LIGHT”).
A tobacco product with a label, labeling, or advertising that uses the descriptor “light,” “mild,” or “low,” or a similar descriptor, is a “modified risk tobacco product” under section 911(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(b)(2)(A)(ii)). Under section 911(a) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(a)), no person may introduce or deliver for introduction into interstate commerce any modified risk tobacco product without an FDA order in effect under section 911(g) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(g)). A product that is in violation of section 911(a) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(a)) is adulterated under section 902(8) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(8)). Because the websites use the descriptors“Light” and “Ultra Light” orsimilar descriptors for the above listed products, these products are modified risk tobacco products. Because these products are sold or distributed to customers in the United States without an appropriate FDA order in effect under section 911(g) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387k(g)), these products are adulterated under section 902(8) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387b(8)).
Additionally, our review of the websites, http://www.ilovecigarette.com and http://www.sikhoo0.com, revealed that you offer for sale the following cigarette products: “Raison Cafe” (multiple varieties; each package displays the statement “Contains real roasted coffee grains” and an image of a coffee cup) and “Esse Apple Mint,” which are purported to contain an artificial or natural flavor that is a characterizing flavor of the products. Section 907(a)(1)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387g(a)(1)(A)) provides:
If, however, these cigarette products do not contain a characterizing flavor, they are misbranded under section 903(a)(1) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(1)) or section 903(a)(7)(A) of the FD&C Act (21 U.S.C. § 387c(a)(7)(A)) as their labeling or advertising is false or misleading because it makes the representation that the products contain, for example, coffee or apple mint as a characterizing flavor of the tobacco products.
Please note your reference number, RW1400189, in your response and direct your response to the following address:
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