Executive Order 13193: Federal Leadership on Global Tobacco Control and Prevention
President: Bill Clinton
Directed federal agencies to support global tobacco prevention and avoid promoting tobacco exports or weakening legitimate foreign health measures.
Status: In effect. Is Executive Order 13193 still in effect? Yes. Executive Order 13193 remains in effect. See Federal Register record.
What does Executive Order 13193 do?
EO 13193 directed health, diplomatic, trade and development agencies to coordinate global tobacco-control work, support prevention and cessation, and avoid promoting tobacco sales or challenging nondiscriminatory public-health restrictions. It preserved action against discriminatory trade barriers. Later US law gave FDA tobacco authority and federal global-health programs expanded, while the United States signed but has not ratified the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Later evidence reviewed September 23, 2026: Congress gave FDA authority over tobacco products. FDA — Center for Tobacco Products. This later record documents the stated step; it does not by itself establish every downstream agency action or legal outcome.
Before and after
Before the order
Agency guidance discouraged tobacco promotion, but there was no comprehensive executive coordination order on global prevention.
After the order
Agencies had formal health, trade, aid and diplomatic responsibilities aligned around tobacco-control goals.
Who had to do what
| Agency / office | Action | Timing / position |
|---|---|---|
| HHS | Coordinate global prevention policy and technical support | Continuing through later programs |
| State and USAID | Integrate tobacco control into diplomacy and assistance where lawful | Policy evolved |
| Trade agencies | Avoid promoting tobacco while addressing discriminatory measures | Continuing principle |
What happened next
EO 13193 established the policy.
Signed text, official disposition and the cited later implementation records for EO 13193 rechecked.
Legal and source detail
How it works legally
Trade statutes, appropriations restrictions, FDA law and international obligations govern particular actions. Signature alone does not make the WHO convention ratified US treaty law.
Sources by type
If a source is unavailable, first check the cited publisher or another official repository. The cited publisher remains the authority.
Primary and official sources
Orders, laws, court records and official implementation material.
- GovInfo — EO 13193 (opens in a new tab) Order text
- FDA — Center for Tobacco Products (opens in a new tab) Official record
- WHO — Framework Convention status (opens in a new tab) Official record
How we checked this
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