Abstract

This article describes the impact of the 2009 Family Smoking and Prevention Tobacco Control Act (TCA) on local tobacco control through the lens of New York City’s experience during the first 10 years after the TCA was enacted, highlighting one meaningful change and an opportunity that has failed to materialize. Much of the analysis regarding the TCA highlights the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new powers and the TCA’s impact on a national level. However, the TCA also opened up opportunities for local governments to pursue sound tobacco control policies that previously seemed fraught with high legal risk. This article focuses on two aspects of the TCA. First, the TCA weakened one of the tobacco industry’s most reliable litigation weapons—preemption. Second, the TCA authorized the FDA to combat the illicit trade of tobacco products. Despite clear language in the TCA, the FDA has not signaled an inclination to take action regarding illicit trade in the context of tobacco tax evasion.

摘要

本文介绍了 2009 年家庭吸烟和预防烟草控制法案 (TCA) 对当地烟草控制的影响，通过 TCA 颁布后前 10 年纽约市的经验，强调了一个有意义的变化和一个机会未能实现。大部分关于 TCA 的分析都强调了美国食品和药物管理局 (FDA) 的新权力以及 TCA 在国家层面的影响。然而，TCA 也为地方政府寻求健全的烟草控制政策提供了机会，这些政策以前似乎充满了高法律风险。本文重点介绍 TCA 的两个方面。首先，TCA 削弱了烟草业最可靠的诉讼武器之一——先发制人。其次，TCA 授权 FDA 打击烟草制品的非法贸易。