--- title: FDA Orders Cigarette Company to End Sales of Four Products description: The company was unable to prove how these products did not raise different public health questions. canonical: https://time.com/4034638/fda-rj-reynolds-camel-crush-bold-cigarette-end-sales/ author: Tanya Basu article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-09-15T16:28:20.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T10:56:36.344Z article:section: Health og:title: FDA Orders Maker of Camel Cigarettes to End Sales of 4 Products og:description: The company was unable to prove how they didn't raise public health questions og:url: https://time.com/4034638/fda-rj-reynolds-camel-crush-bold-cigarette-end-sales/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0f7aa643d036a32/698863a88e060106ab462595/camel-cigarettes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Camel Cigarettes og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: FDA Orders Maker of Camel Cigarettes to End Sales of 4 Products twitter:description: The company was unable to prove how they didn't raise public health questions twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta0f7aa643d036a32/698863a88e060106ab462595/camel-cigarettes.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # FDA Orders Maker of Camel Cigarettes to End Sales of 4 Products  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Sep 15, 2015 4:28 PM UTC  UNITED STATES - JUNE 15: Packs of Camel cigarettes, an R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. brand, sit on display in Garner, North Carolina, U.S., on Monday, June 15, 2009\. North Carolina, which grows the most tobacco in the U.S. and is home to Reynolds and Lorillard Inc., is one of at least 25 states where legislators are considering an increase in cigarette taxes to cover budget shortfalls. Reynolds is the second-largest U.S. tobacco company with brands such as Camel, Pall Mall, Kool, Winston, and Doral. (Photo by Jim. R. Bounds/Bloomberg via Getty Images) UNITED STATES - JUNE 15: Packs of Camel cigarettes, an R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. brand, sit on display in Garner, North Carolina, U.S., on Monday, June 15, 2009\. North Carolina, which grows the most tobacco in the U.S. and is home to Reynolds and Lorillard Inc., is one of at least 25 states where legislators are considering an increase in cigarette taxes to cover budget shortfalls. Reynolds is the second-largest U.S. tobacco company with brands such as Camel, Pall Mall, Kool, Winston, and Doral. (Photo by Jim. R. Bounds/Bloomberg via Getty Images)Bloomberg/Getty Images  by [Tanya Basu](https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/)  ## Tanya Basu Sep 15, 2015 4:28 PM UTC The Food and Drug Administration issued orders on Tuesday calling for the end of sales and distribution of four R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company cigarette products. The products were deemed to be in violation of the[ Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.](https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/ptvr/index.cfm) The four brands include Camel Crush Bold, Pall Mall Deep Set Recessed Filter, Pall mall Deep Set Recessed Filter Menthol, and Vantage Tech 13. The agency concluded that the products have “different characteristics than the predicate products,” or that the four products have changed in composition from their previous versions, the FDA said in a press release. R. J. Reynolds failed to show how the new formulations did not raise different public health questions, thereby conflicting with the FD&C Act. In the example of Camel Crush Bold, the company was unable to show how the addition of a menthol capsule did not change consumer perception and use of the product. “These decisions were based on a rigorous, science-based review designed to protect the public from the harms caused by tobacco use,” Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, said. “The agency will continue to review product submissions and exercise its legal authority and consumer protection duty to remove products from the market when they fail to meet the public health bar set forth under law.” The FDA is giving retailers 30 days to stop selling these four products, after which the products will be considered “adulterated and misbranded,” thereby making it illegal to sell them in the United States and subjecting retailers to prosecution and/or fines. 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