Administrative/Regulatory
May 27, 2016
FDA and California treat e-cigarettes more harshly than cigarettes
The states and the FDA are severely restricting a product that has proven to be a beneficial alternative to traditional tobacco. By Bryan M. Haynes and C. Reade Jacob
On May 5, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration released its long-awaited "deeming regulations," which in August will subject electronic cigarettes and other tobacco products such as cigars and pipe tobacco to the FDA's tobacco regulatory authority. The FDA has regulated tobacco products since 2009, but its authority was limited to cigarettes, cigarette tobacco and smokeless tobacco.
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