END Illicit Chinese Tobacco Act

This bill grants the Secretary of Health and Human Services the authority to destroy adulterated, misbranded, or counterfeit tobacco products that are offered for import into the United States. It achieves this by amending Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, which governs the admission of imported articles. Specifically, the legislation expands the existing provisions that allow for the destruction of counterfeit devices to now include counterfeit tobacco products . Furthermore, it broadens the scope of destruction authority from "drug or device" to encompass "drug, device, or tobacco product" in several key sentences of the Act. These amendments will take effect immediately upon the bill's enactment, strengthening the government's ability to prevent the entry of illicit tobacco products.