Effective beginning on August 8, anything introduced to the market after the Feb 2007 date will need to be submitted to the FDA for approval; although nobody knows what the approval process looks like or how extensive or expensive it will be. So, no new tobacco products can be introduced after the Aug date, and anything on the market after Feb 2007 will have 2 years to be approved to stay on the market. It has begun. We are already seeing the withdrawal of products from availability.

Nothing in the new regulations speak of Internet sales. That isn't going away; yet. We will see a drastic reduction in variety, essentially only pre 2007 blends. I can't see the approval process being smooth or efficient; it is our bureaucracy in (im)motion. The skeptic I am, believe the dragging of feet, creating many hoops to jump through, vague requirements, along with not aiding or advising on the process, are some of the tactics employed to get tobacco out of our hands.