February 8th, 2017
From: Convenience Store News
Lists products marketed before Feb. 15, 2007.
SILVER SPRING, Md. — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is making it easy to search tobacco products that fall under the grandfather clause.
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These grandfathered products are not subject to the premarket requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and may serve as the predicate tobacco product in an application demonstrating substantial equivalence (SE) for a new tobacco product, according to the agency.
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January 26th, 2017
From: The Daily Caller
Steve Birr
Leaders in the vaping industry are hopeful President Donald Trump will help slash regulations threatening to put electronic cigarette vendors across the country out of business.
E-cigarette manufacturers and vendors faced a brutal year of new rules and regulations from the federal government and localities throughout many states. Health officials are pushing lawmakers to amend the laws governing traditional cigarettes to all vaping devices, despite evidence e-cigarettes eliminate 95 percent of the dangers associated with smoking, because the majority of cancer-causing chemicals are inhaled through smoke.
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January 19th, 2017
From: Reuters
As tobacco and vaping companies focus on new smoking products that are potentially less harmful, the industry sees an opening for rolling back rules on these products under the Trump administration.
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The immediate goal is to delay implementation of new regulations on the latest generation of e-cigarettes and other vaping devices, which produce a vapor from liquid nicotine rather than burning tobacco.
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January 11th, 2017
Editor’s Note: The FDA’s Final Rule, “Clarification of When Products Made or Derived From Tobacco Are Regulated as Drugs, Devices, or Combination Products” is available here.
From: CSP Daily News
By Angel Abcede, Senior Editor/Tobacco, CSP
SILVER SPRING, Md. — In an attempt to better define whether tobacco-derived products are intended for medical use or for more traditional, nicotine satisfaction, the FDA published anextended document this week, hoping to shed more light on its regulatory authority and what rules apply to different products.
January 6th, 2017
From: FDA/Center for Tobacco Products
April 19-20, 2017
8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Center for Tobacco Products (CTP)
FDA White Oak Conference Center
Building 31, Room 1503
10903 New Hampshire Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 20993-000
