§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 ingredients they add to tobacco for making cigarettes. The list cannot name the company or the cigarette brand. A company can pick someone else to send the list for them. The Secretary will sometimes send Congress reports using that information. The reports will summarize research and findings about health effects, call 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 kept secret except for people who need them for official work. The Secretary must write rules to protect the information, pick a custodian to keep it locked when not in use, and keep a record of who looks at it. If a congressional committee asks for a list, the Secretary must give it and tell the provider in writing.