27 CFR § 45.45a - Notice for pipe tobacco.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t27/s45.45a"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "27 CFR § 45.45a - Notice for pipe tobacco."
title_number: 27
title_name: "Alcohol, Tobacco Products and Firearms"
section_number: "45.45a"
section_name: "Notice for pipe tobacco."
chapter_name: "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO TAX AND TRADE BUREAU, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "TOBACCO"
part_number: "45"
part_name: "REMOVAL OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND CIGARETTE PAPERS AND TUBES, WITHOUT PAYMENT OF TAX, FOR USE OF THE UNITED STATES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "26 U.S.C. 5702-5705, 5723, 5741, 5751, 5762, 5763, 6109, 6313, 7212, 7342, 7606, 7805; 44 U.S.C. 3504(h)."
regulatory_source: "Redesignated by T.D. ATF-469, 66 FR 56758, Nov. 13, 2001."
cfr_part: "45"
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# 45.45a Notice for pipe tobacco.

(a) *Product designation.* Every package of pipe tobacco shall, before removal subject to tax, have adequately imprinted thereon, or on a label securely affixed thereto, the designation “pipe tobacco.”

(b) *Product weight.* Every package of pipe tobacco shall, before removal subject to tax, have adequately imprinted thereon, or on a label securely affixed thereto, a clear statement of the actual pounds and ounces of the product contained therein.

[T.D. ATF-289, 54 FR 48842, Nov. 27, 1989, as amended by T.D. TTB-78, 74 FR 29420, June 22, 2009]