From: CSPnet.com
Provides comments on PMTA applications, potential job losses
Published in Tobacco E-News
By
Thomas A. Briant, NATO Executive Director
MINNEAPOLIS — Since October, officials from the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) have been meeting with interested parties that want to provide feedback and/or concerns about the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) proposed tobacco deeming regulations. This OMB regulatory review process involves analyzing the economic benefits and costs of proposed federal regulations.
On Friday, December 4th, NATO President Mary Szarmach and NATO Executive Director Thomas Briant met with OMB officials to discuss NATO’s concerns with the FDA deeming regulations. One of the key issues discussed was the requirement that literally thousands of cigars, pipe tobacco products, and electronic cigarette and vaping products would not remain on the market because of the requirement that a Pre-Market Tobacco Application (PMTA) be filed with the FDA for each product SKU.
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