FDA Deeming on Electronic Cigarettes – What’s the Hold-Up?
From: DIY E-Liquid Supplies
Posted by Dave Coggin
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Opinions vs. Regulations
Unlike the CDC, ACS, ALA, CTFK and countless other “public health” organizations, the FDA is a regulatory body. The FDA does not have the option of implementing regulatory requirements based on the opinions of anti-tobacco, anti-nicotine and anti-vaping activists. The FDA is mandated to regulate within the authority it has been granted under the 2009 TCA, consistent with available science, and in the interests of the health and safety of the population.
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In the name of science, in the name of harm reduction, in the name of public health, in the name of saving lives – let’s get real. The primary risk to public health is not electronic cigarettes. The primary risk to public health is excessive regulatory action based on media hype and political pressure from politicians scrambling to replace shrinking tax revenues from declining smoking rates.
