Center for Tobacco Products News

From: Motherboard | Vice

Written by Kaleigh Rogers, Staff Writer

There’s a well worn stereotype of a vape bro sucking on e-cigarettes because he thinks blowing thick clouds of vapor makes him look cool. In reality, the majority of vapers (even the cloud chasers) are actually smokers looking for a way to get off the sin sticks. But with strict new regulations introduced by the Food and Drug Administration this year, many in the industry are predicting that hundreds of businesses will be forced to shut down, and some vapers may resort to going back to their original vice: cigarettes.

Editor’s Note: Cross-posted from OIRA Watch. Regulatory restrictions on e-cigarettes are already triggering a black market, see here.

From: Reuters

BY TONI CLARKE

A White House office deleted language in a recently introduced tobacco regulation that would have removed flavored e-cigarettes from the market until they had been authorized by the Food and Drug Administration, an edited version of the document shows.

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In its originally submitted rule, the FDA said it recognized that numerous flavored products would come off the market within 180 days of the rule’s publication “and that this will significantly impact the availability of flavored tobacco products at least in the short term.”

From: The Ledger | Op-Ed

By Jacob Sullum, Creators Syndicate

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After the FDA’s regulations take effect on Aug. 8, e-cigarette companies will have two years to make the case that letting their products remain on the market is “appropriate for the protection of public health.” If they hit that deadline, they will be allowed to continue selling their products for another year while the FDA reviews their applications.

From: The Federalist

The FDA’s new regulations will destroy 99 percent of an industry that offers an option the Royal College of Physicians finds is 95 percent safer than cigarettes.

By Jared Meyer

From: US GAO | WatchBlog

E-cigarettes have rapidly become more popular since they first appeared on the U.S. market about 10 years ago. Just last week, the Food and Drug Administration issued a rule to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products.

This follows recent e-cigarette legislation requiring liquid nicotine packaging to be child-resistant and meet other poison prevention standards. As the legal landscape surrounding these relatively new products has changed, the WatchBlog has been keeping an eye on e-cigarettes.

Today’s post explores e-cigarette regulation and taxes—and why we love good data.

New product, new rules