June: A Public Workshop – Electronic Cigarettes and the Public Health
From: FDA
June 1 and 2, 2015
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
The Marriott Inn and Conference Center
Potomac Ballroom
University of Maryland University College (UMUC)
3501 University Blvd. East
Hyattsville, Maryland 20783
Workshop Objective:
The purpose of this workshop is to gather scientific information and stimulate discussion among scientists about electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). This is the final of three workshops intended to obtain information on e-cigarettes and the public health. The information presented and discussed during the workshop series is not intended to inform the Agency’s rulemaking related to deeming additional tobacco products to be subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FD&C Act) (Deeming Tobacco Products to Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as Amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Regulations on the Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Required Warning Statements for Tobacco Products; Proposed Rule, 79 FR 23141, published April 25, 2014). All comments regarding the proposed rule were to be submitted to the agency by August 8, 2014 (Docket No. FDA-N-0189).
If the deeming rule is finalized as proposed, e-cigarettes that are tobacco products would be subject to FDA regulation under Chapter IX of the FD&C Act. As stated in the proposed deeming rule, FDA “is aware of the recent significant increase in the prevalence in e-cigarette use” (79 FR 23152), and there is much to be learned about these relatively new entrants to the market. These workshops are intended to better inform FDA about these products. Should the agency move forward as proposed to regulate e-cigarettes, additional information about the products would assist the agency in carrying out its responsibilities under the law. This would be true regardless of the details of any such final rule. Accordingly, FDA is working to obtain such information now rather than waiting for the conclusion of the deeming rulemaking.
The focus of this workshop will be the impact of e-cigarettes on population health. Topics to be addressed include, for example: (1) prevalence and patterns of use; (2) impacts on the use of current tobacco products; (3) uptake of e-cigarette use by non-users of tobacco products; (4) health effects of e-cigarettes in non-users: and (5) knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, and perceptions about e-cigarette products. A workshop in December 2014 focused on e-cigarette product science, product packaging, constituent labeling, and environmental impact; and a workshop in March 2015 focused on the impact on e-cigarettes on individual health.
Who Should Attend this Workshop?
Scientific and medical experts; other interested participants from academia, public health organizations, federal, state and local government agencies; the tobacco industry; and other interested stakeholders.
Registration to Attend the Workshop:
If you wish to attend the workshop in person or by Webcast, you must register by submitting either an electronic or written request no later than May 20, 2015.
