# Penalty in the case of a third violation of 21 U.S.C. 387f(d)(5) or of the tobacco product regulations within a 24-month period — Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies For Penalty in the case of a third violation of 21 U.S.C. 387f(d)(5) or of the tobacco product regulations within a 24-month period, agency is HHS; maximum penalty is 727, recorded from its source on 2026-08-10. - **Agency:** HHS _(our reading, not quoted from the source)_ - **Violation:** Penalty in the case of a third violation of 21 U.S.C. 387f(d)(5) or of the tobacco product regulations within a 24-month period _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ - **Maximum penalty:** 727 _(verified: appears in the quote below)_ ## What the source says > | | FDA | Penalty in the case of a third violation of 21 U.S.C. 387f(d)(5) or of the tobacco product regulations within a 24-month period | 2024 | 709 | 727 ## Sources disagree More than one authority states this, and they do not state the same thing. Both are reproduced with the source each came from. ### Maximum penalty ecfr.gov says maximum penalty is **727**, as of 2026-08-10. > | | FDA | Penalty in the case of a third violation of 21 U.S.C. 387f(d)(5) or of the tobacco product regulations within a 24-month period | 2024 | 709 | 727 Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3 ecfr.gov says maximum penalty is **1,461**, as of 2026-08-10. > | | FDA | Penalty in the case of a third violation of 21 U.S.C. 387f(d)(5) or of the tobacco product regulations within a 24-month period | 2024 | 1,424 | 1,461 Source: https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3 ## Source - https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/subtitle-A/subchapter-A/part-102/section-102.3 Last verified: 2026-08-10. Review by: 2027-02-26. Part of [Federal civil penalty maximums — current inflation-adjusted amounts across agencies](https://referencesource.org/federal-civil-penalty-maximums/).