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Tobacco companies are expected to sue, as they have with nearly every other tobacco restriction

"This period is intended to allow retailers time to sell or return stock and adjust stock ordering ahead of the date of full compliance." That's because there's a phase-out period, which allows retailers to sell through stock that complies with the old legislation until July

The FDA has no authority to enforce against possession, said Joelle Lester, director of commercial tobacco control programs at the Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Minnesota.