April 27th, 2018
From: CSP Daily
Association executive offers legislative update on category-related issues
Brian Carr
LAKEVILLE, Minn. — Now that convenience and tobacco retailers have entered the 2018 spring season, many state legislatures around the country are in their final stretches of legislative sessions. Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are still in active regular legislative sessions; 19 states have already adjourned for the year. The state legislatures that have already adjourned are Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Virginia.
April 17th, 2018
From: The National Law Review
ARTICLE BY Azim Chowdhury Benjamin K. Wolf | Keller and Heckman LLP
The vapor device industry has been requesting FDA for years to exempt devices from the Tobacco Control Act Section 904(a)(1) ingredient listing requirement, respectfully arguing, among other things, that the information required for non-consumable hardware products and components provides no meaningful information to FDA that would help it protect the public health.[1] On April 13, 2018, just 25 days before the reporting deadline for large manufacturers of deemed tobacco products, FDA published a revised Guidance for Industry: Listing of Ingredients in Tobacco Products. FDA now intends to enforce the ingredient listing requirement only with respect to those tobacco product components or parts that are made or derived from tobacco, or contain ingredients that are burned, aerosolized or ingested (i.e., consumed) during use. Although the revised guidance is late – and comes after many companies have spent considerable time and funds to comply with the reporting requirement – it is welcome news for the industry.
April 12th, 2018
From: The Washington Examiner
The Food and Drug Administration is pressing ahead on regulating tobacco products, but a long-simmering battle has erupted over the future of e-cigarettes.
Anti-tobacco groups say it’s time for vaping companies to submit information about their products to the FDA, while e-cigarette manufacturers say such a demand is burdensome, unnecessary, and would create a black market of dangerous products. Meanwhile, tobacco companies are hoping to cash in by creating their own inhalant alternatives that would heat, rather than burn, nicotine.
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April 6th, 2018
From: WFPL 89.3
By Lisa Gillespie
The Food and Drug Administration is considering a limit or ban on e-cigarette flavors and is seeking public comment on the matter. Research shows many teens start using electronic cigarettes— or vaping — because of the variety of flavors, and some health experts think those flavors are what keeps young people coming back for more.
Marty Wade, the manager at Louisville retailer Up N’ Smoke, said the variety in flavors does make vape pens much more appealing than the traditional cigarette.
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March 28th, 2018
From: Washington Post
By Laurie McGinley
Several major public health groups sued the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday for delaying certain rules for electronic cigarettes and cigars, saying that consumers as a result will be exposed for years to “lethal and addictive components” in tobacco products.
The lawsuit is challenging an agency decision last summer to grant lengthy deadline extensions to manufacturers seeking FDA approval for their products. Originally, the companies were required to submit such product-review applications by this August for any item that went on the market after February 2007. The revised timeline changed that to August 2021 for cigars and August 2022 for e-cigarettes.
