Postal Service

Treatment of Cigarettes and Smokeless Tobacco as Nonmailable Matter

May 27, 2010 - 75 FR 29662 - RIN: - Download Full Notice: Text | PDF

The Postal Service is revising Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM[reg]) 601.11, pertaining to the mailing of tobacco cigarettes and smokeless tobacco. These provisions implement specific requirements of the Prevent All Tobacco Cigarettes Trafficking (PACT) Act, which restricts the mailability of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.

Agency Contact: Anthony Alverno, 202-268-2997, or Mary Collins, 202-268-5440.

This rule is final.


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