On August 24th, The US Postal Service issued a final rule that revises, effective August 27th, the Mailing Standards of the USPS Domestic Mail Manual to permit the mailing of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products to APO/FPO/DPO destination addresses via Express Mail Military service or Priority Mail service with Delivery Confirmation.  The final regulation comes as clarification to the non-mailability provision of the recently enacted Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking – or PACT – Act.  Specifically, the new regulation issued by the USPS will serve as a way to accommodate the needs of military families that ship mail containing cigarettes and smokeless tobacco as gifts while still adhering to the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act. (Federal Register 08/24).

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