PROHIBITION AGAINST REMOTE RETAIL SALES.—
"(A) PROHIBITION.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019, the Secretary shall promulgate a final regulation prohibiting the retail sale of all tobacco products other than retail sales through a direct, face-to-face exchange between a retailer and a consumer.
"(B) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN CIGAR TOBACCO PRODUCTS.—
"(i) EXCEPTION.—The regulation required by subparagraph (A) shall not apply to tobacco products described in section 910(a)(2)(A)(iii).
"(ii) APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations regarding the sale and distribution of tobacco products described in section 910(a)(2)(A)(iii) that occur through means other than a direct, face-to-face exchange between a retailer and a consumer in order to prevent the sale and distribution of tobacco products described in section 910(a)(2)(A)(iii) to individuals who have not attained the minimum age established by applicable law for the purchase of such products, including requirements for age verification.
Section 910(a)(2) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 387j(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in clause (i)(II), by striking "or";
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period at the end and inserting "; or"; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
"(iii) subject to subparagraph (C), for the period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Reversing the Youth Tobacco Epidemic Act of 2019 and ending on September 30, 2028, the tobacco product is a cigar and—
"(I) is wrapped in whole tobacco leaf;
"(II) contains a 100-percent leaf tobacco binder;
"(III) contains primarily long filler tobacco;
"(IV) does not have a characterizing flavor other than tobacco;
"(V) weighs more than 6 pounds per 1000 units;
"(VI) has no filter, tip, or non-tobacco mouthpiece;
"(VII) (aa) is made by combining manually the wrapper, filler, and binder and is capped by hand; or
"(bb) has a homogenized tobacco leaf binder and is made in the United States using human hands to lay the 100-percent leaf tobacco binder onto only one machine that bunches, wraps, and caps each individual cigar; and
"(VIII) has a retail price (after discounts or coupons) per cigar of no less than—
"(aa) for calendar years 2019 and 2020, $12; and
"(bb) for each subsequent calendar year, $12 multiplied by any percent increase in the Consumer Price Index for all urban consumers (all items; U.S. city average) since calendar year 2020."