Effective July 10, 2022, the Postal Service™ will revise Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM®), sections 503.6.2 and 601.8.3, to add references to Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS).
The Postal Service will update section 503.6.2, regarding mailers requesting return receipt service, to include ENDS among types of certain restricted mailings, and will revise section 601.8.3 to include ENDS in the examples listed for the types of restricted matter.
Although the Postal Service will not publish these revisions in the DMM until July 10, 2022, the standards are effective immediately.
Mailing Standards of the United States Postal Service, Domestic Mail Manual (DMM)
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500 Additional Mailing Services
503 Extra Services
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6.0 Return Receipt
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6.2 Obtaining Service
[Revise the text of 6.2 to read as follows:]
Mailers requesting return receipt service at the time of mailing using PS Form 3811 must complete the mailer’s entries on the form, including the article identification number, and attach the form onto the article. The mailpiece must bear the return address of the mailer or mailer’s agent. The name
and address of the person or organization to which the return receipt is to be returned must be that of the mailer or the mailer’s agent, except for certain restricted mailings of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco under Publication 52, sections 473.33 and 473.53, that require a mailer to address the sender’s address block of the return receipt to the Pricing and Classification Service Center (PCSC) at PCSC, PACT Mailing Office (see 608.8.4.1 for address).
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600 Basic Standards for All Mailing Services
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601 Mailability
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8.0 Hazardous, Restricted, and Perishable Mail
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8.3 Restricted Matter
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[Revise the text of item i. to read as follows:]
i. Cigarettes, smokeless tobacco, and electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS).
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The Postal Service will incorporate these revisions into the next edition of the online DMM, which is available via Postal Explorer® at pe.usps.com.
— Product Classification,
Product Solutions, 4-7-22
