Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco, and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS)
Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco, and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) are generally non-mailable, unless authorized by an exception, if all PACT ACT related conditions of mailability are met.
Please click here to view the final Federal Register Notice regarding the treatment of e-cigarettes in the mail.
Please click here to view the Postal Bulletin regarding Publication 52 Revision: Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco, and Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems
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Description
For more information regarding the mailability standards of Cigarettes, Smokeless Tobacco and ENDS reference PUB 52 472 Mailability of Tobacco Products
Featured Resources
10/21/2021
PS Form 4615 - PACT Act Application for Business/Regulatory Purposes Exception – Cigarettes/Smokeless Tobacco
Combustible cigarettes or smokeless tobacco: PS Form 4615, PACT Act Application for Business/Regulatory Purposes Exception—Cigarettes/Smokeless Tobacco
10/21/2021
PS Form 4615-E - PACT Act Application for Business/Regulatory Purposes Exception - ENDS
ENDS: PS Form 4615-E, PACT Act Application for Business/Regulatory Purposes Exception—ENDS
10/21/2021
PS Form 4616 - PACT Application for Consumer Testing/Public Health Exception
Combustible cigarettes only: PS Form 4616, PACT Act Application for Consumer Testing/Public Health Exception
01/26/2022
PS Form 4615-EM – Mailer Information Worksheet
PACT Act Application for Business/Regulatory Purposes Exception—ENDS, with PS Form 4615-ER – Recipient Information Worksheet and PS Form 4615-EM – Mailer Information Worksheet (if needed)
01/26/2022
PS Form 4615-ER – Recipient Information Worksheet
PACT Act Application for Business/Regulatory Purposes Exception—ENDS, with PS Form 4615-ER – Recipient Information Worksheet and PS Form 4615-EM – Mailer Information Worksheet (if needed)
Related Products
Lighters
A lighter equipped with an ignition element and containing fuel is classified as a Class 3 flammable liquid. A lighter containing a flammable gas is classed as a Division 2.1 flammable gas. A lighter that contains either flammable liquid or flammable gas is permitted in domestic mail via surface transportation only with prior written approval, provided all the applicable requirements of 343.25 are met.
Contact
Required prior written Authorization must be obtained from:
PCSC (Product Classification Service Center)
90 Church Street Suite 3100
New York, NY 10007-2951