FDA Center for Tobacco Products

The FDA Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) is responsible for carrying out the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which Congress passed in 2009. This law--commonly called the Tobacco Control Act--gives us broad authority to regulate the manufacturing, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products.

Vision Statement
To make tobacco-related death and disease part of America's past, not America's future and, by doing so, ensure a healthier life for every family.

Mission Statement
To protect Americans from tobacco-related death and disease by regulating the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products and by educating the public, especially young people, about tobacco products and the dangers their use poses to themselves and others.