---
kind: "section"
citation: "21 C.F.R. § 1140.2"
title: "21"
number: "1140.2"
heading: "Purpose."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/21/1140.2"
---

# §1140.2. Purpose.


The purpose of this part is to establish restrictions on the sale, distribution, and use of cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and covered tobacco products in order to reduce the number of children and adolescents who use these products, and to reduce the life-threatening consequences associated with tobacco use.


## Notes

### Amendments

[81 FR 29102, May 10, 2016]

### Authority

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.; 21 U.S.C. 387a-1; Pub. L. 116-94, div. N, tit. I, subt. F, sec. 603, 133 Stat. 2534, 3123; Pub. L. 117-103, div. P, tit. I, subt. B, sec. 111(a), 136 Stat. 49, 789.

### Source

Source: 75 FR 13230, Mar. 19, 2010, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[81 FR 29102, May 10, 2016]