September 2nd, 2016
From: Reason
A new study makes the CDC’s equation of smoking with tobacco use look even more ridiculous.
Jacob Sullum
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), having decided to regulate tobacco-free e-cigarettes as tobacco products because they deliver tobacco-derived nicotine, now has the challenge of explaining how even nicotine-free e-liquids can qualify for the same label. E-cigarette alarmists at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have a similar problem. They insist on counting vaping as “tobacco use,” which leads them to claim there has been “no decline in overall youth tobacco use since 2011,” even though that is clearly not true. Now a new study in the journal Tobacco Control reveals the CDC’s position to be even more ridiculous than it already seemed, showing that a large majority of teenagers who vape are not only not consuming tobacco; they are not consuming nicotine either.
August 24th, 2016
From: Convenience Store News
Agency responds to legal challenge to deeming rule.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Some e-liquids may not contain nicotine, but according to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the newly enacted deeming rule still applies.
Answering a legal challenge from Nicopure Labs LLC, the FDA said all e-cigarette products “present significant risks to the public health,” even when nicotine-free liquids are consumed, the Winston-Salem Journal reported.
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August 11th, 2016
From: Real Clear Policy
By Joel L. Nitzkin
Since they first were introduced in the United States in 2006, electronic cigarettes have helped millions of U.S. smokers to cut down or quit and diverted teens from smoking. But recently announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules on e-cigarettes, which start taking effect this week, could undo that progress, damaging public health and creating a political and administrative quagmire.
August 5th, 2016
From: Everything Lubbock
By Leslie Adami
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Due to the new regulations, some stores have felt driven to close their doors come Monday, such as Hub City Vapors. Their manager, Tom Jordan, shared this statement with EverythingLubbock:
“As a result of new regulations, the FDA now categorizes our store as an e-juice manufacturer and requires us to register as such. Even though we buy in bulk and repackage juice to sell in smaller bottles and do not produce any of our own e-juice, the FDA still considers us manufacturers. The cost of complying with the new regulations would be very high, and we would have to pass the cost to our customers through greatly increased prices.
July 29th, 2016
From: ValueWalk
by The Foundation for Economic Education
The Food and Drug Administration just made it clear that it cannot tell the difference between eggplants and tobacco leaves. It has assumed control over nicotine that does not come from tobacco but rather is derived from vegetables or created in labs.
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And from page 222:
Nicotine-free e-liquid that is intended or reasonably expected to be used with or for the human consumption of tobacco products in most cases would be a component or part of a tobacco product and, therefore, within the scope of this rule.
