Congress tobacco and nicotine bills

What it would do: Amends the Public Health Service Act to require the CDC Director to carry out a Reducing Youth Use of E-Cigarettes Initiative including research on youth e-cigarette use, product characteristics, prevention strategies, and public education campaigns, with $100,000,000 authorized annually for fiscal years 2027 through 2031.

What it would do: Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose escalating civil penalties for importing unauthorized electronic nicotine delivery systems, ranging from $500 to $5,000 per unit depending on fraud, gross negligence, or negligence, with multipliers for transshipment schemes or repeat violations within 3 years, capped at 1,000 percent of estimated retail value.

What it would do: Increases tobacco product user fees to $712 million annually through 2026, then $826.2 million for 2027, with subsequent adjustments for inflation. Beginning 2029, extends fees to all tobacco product classes deemed subject to FDA regulation, with fees allocated by gross domestic sales percentages.

What it would do: Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exempt traditional large and premium cigars from FDA jurisdiction and regulations, defining them by specific manufacturing and composition standards including hand-rolling, leaf tobacco wrapping, and minimum weight requirements.

What it would do: Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to mandate codes on tobacco product labels for tracking or tracing through the distribution system, effective no later than June 1, 2026.

What it would do: Establishes a multi-agency federal task force within 30 days to combat illegal importation, distribution, and sale of e-cigarettes. The task force shall meet monthly, submit semiannual reports to Congress, and terminate 10 years after establishment.

What it would do: Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products offered for import, applying the same destruction authority previously limited to drugs and devices.

What it would do: Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish separate tax rates for pipe tobacco: $2.8311 per pound for non-waterpipe tobacco and $0.5662 per pound for waterpipe tobacco, including hookah, shisha, and similar products, effective after enactment.

What it would do: Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to exclude premium cigars from the definition of tobacco products subject to FDA regulation, defining premium cigars by specific criteria including whole tobacco leaf wrapping, hand-rolling, no characterizing flavors, and minimum weight requirements.

What it would do: Amends Internal Revenue Code to increase and equalize excise tax rates on all tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco, and imposes new excise tax on extracted or synthesized nicotine used in vaping products, with inflation adjustments beginning in 2026.

What it would do: Amends Internal Revenue Code to increase and equalize excise tax rates on all tobacco products including cigarettes, cigars, smokeless tobacco, pipe tobacco, and roll-your-own tobacco, and imposes new excise tax on extracted or synthesized nicotine used in vaping products, with annual inflation adjustments beginning in 2026.