House Republicans are pushing industry-backed legislation that would prohibit the FDA from requiring retroactive safety reviews of e-cigarettes that are already on the market and exempt some premium and large cigars from those same regulations. E-cigarette products introduced in the future would still ...
Letter of FDA Commissioner David Kessler to the Coalition on OR Health; Revelation of the tobacco industry's manipulation of nicotine in cigarettes to addictive levels in a segment of the television program 'Day One'; Toxicity of chemicals in tobacco products; Class action suit filed by lawyer ...
E-cigarettes appear on display at Vape store in Chicago, Wednesday, April 23, 2014. The federal government wants to ban sales of electronic cigarettes to minors and require approval for new products and health warning labels under regulations being proposed by the Food and Drug Administration. (A...
If the regulations are too strict, they could kill an industry that offers the hope a safer alternative to cigarettes that could potentially help smokers quit. But the agency also has to be sure e-cigarettes really are safer and aren't hooking children on an addictive drug. "This is a ver...
"The FDA has a public health obligation to take immediate regulatory action to eliminate the use of ventilation holes on cigarettes," adds Shields. "It is a somewhat complicated process to enact such regulations, but there is more than enough data to start the process. We believe that such ...
As of 2016, vaping products and e-cigarettes were subject to those rules. But for years, the FDA deferred any enforcement, allowing those products to continue to be sold. In 2019 a federal judge said companies had until September 2020 to submit their applications to stay on the market and ...
The FDA announced a proposal to regulate e-cigarettes. Here's what you need to know about the proposal and its implications.
In April, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed a new rule to extend its jurisdiction to include a broader range of tobacco products: e-cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, nicotine gels, hookah tobacco, and dissolvable nicotine products. Many of the proposed regulations mirror those ...
The US FDA’s strict regulations on e-cigarettes and vaping products have had a devastating impact on American made e-liquid companies, leading to a significant loss of jobs and a ripple effect on local communities. These small vape companies, once thriving and contributing to the economy, are...
The FDA previously banned the sale of fruit- and sweet-flavored e-cigarettes after critics contended the products were aimed at minors. The agency earlier this year cleared some products made by Juul competitor NJOY to stay on the market, and authorized British American Tobacco's e-cigarette Vus...