FDA Issues New Warning Letters to E-Cigarette Manufacturers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning letters to ten manufacturers, calling on them to remove their disposable e-cigarettes and e-liquid products...
FDA Announces New Initiatives and Policy Changes for Premarket Applications and E-Cigarettes
On the ninth anniversary of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) being signed into law, Scott Gottlieb, M.D., the commissioner of...
Cigar Trade Groups Fight to Keep Substantial Equivalence Extension
On July 2, 2019, the ongoing legal battle between the cigar industry and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reached a new level...
Bi-Partisan Tobacco to 21 Act Introduced in House and Senate
The call for the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to raise continues to heat up with yet another piece of legislation that was...
President Trump Nominates Dr. Scott Gottlieb as New FDA Commissioner
President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Dr. Scott Gottlieb as the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration Commissioner. Gottlieb is 44, a conservative...
Judge Orders FDA to Speed Up Review of E-cigarettes
A federal budget has ordered the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) speed up the review of e-cigarettes currently being sold on the U.S....
Tobacco 21 is a Catch-22
A Catch-22 is a problematic situation caused by mutually conflicting or seemingly contradictory conditions. Considering raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products is...
Sizing Up the Sampling Ban
1. What is a free sample?
The FDA defines a free sample as a tobacco product that does not cost the recipient anything. In other...
Department of Justice Ends Operation Choke Point
The Department of Justice has officially ended Operation Choke Point, an initiative launched during the Obama Administration that used legal and regulatory pressure to...
FDA Launches the Every Try Counts Campaign
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) continues its efforts to reduce the number of adult smokers in the U.S. with the launch of...
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