“Friendly reminder: Cigarettes are FDA approved.”
Social media posts
Claim dated 24 Aug 2021.
PolitiFact rated thisFalse
What PolitiFact found
The FDA has not approved any tobacco product, cigarettes included.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
This claim spread on social media around 24 August 2021. PolitiFact (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 30 August 2021, 6 days later. Its rating was “False”.
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