§1335a List of Cigarette Ingredients; Annual Submission to Secretary; Transmittal to Congress; Confidentiality

Summary

Cigarette makers, packagers, and importers must each year give the Secretary a list of the ingredients added to tobacco when making cigarettes. The list cannot say which company or brand uses the ingredients. A company can have someone else send the list for them. The Secretary will send Congress reports, when needed, using those lists. The reports will summarize research (and planned research) on health effects of added ingredients, point out any ingredient the Secretary thinks is a health risk, and include other items the Secretary finds important. The ingredient lists are treated as confidential trade secrets and only people the Secretary authorizes for official work can see them. If a congressional committee asks for a list, the Secretary must give it and tell the company that provided it. The Secretary must write rules to protect the lists, name a custodian to keep them locked, log who looks at them, and tell authorized people in writing not to share them.