September 24, 2013 The Honorable Margaret Hamburg, Commissioner U.S. Food and Drug Administration 10903 New Hampshire Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20993 Re: FDA Regulation of E-Cigarettes Dear Commissioner Hamburg, The undersigned Attorneys General write to urge the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take all available measures to meet the FDA’s stated deadline of October […]
In the UK, the government pushes for citizens to swith to e-cigarettes because officals “officials believe the rigid “quit or die” approach to smoking advice no longer works.” The first annual report of the “nudge unit” ( the Cabinet Office’s insight team), states that if “alternative and safe nicotine products can be developed which are […]
Great news – the FDA decided against further appeal of the courts position that e-cigarettes should be considered and regulated as tobacco products. But rest assured, the FDA will push back against the industry with the full force of every dotted ‘i’ and crossed ‘t’ in the Tobacco Act. Now is not the time for complacency: From www.FDA.gov: […]
Looking for more info on this!! If you run across anyhting, please comment! Daily Journal – FDA to regulate electronic cigarettes as tobacco products, not drug devices.
“U.S. states have collected about $75 billion so far from a 1998 settlement with big tobacco companies to resolve litigation over escalating Medicaid costs for smoking-related health care. But Stanford professor Jeremy Bulow calls the lucrative settlement a ‘bad deal’ for many of the 46 states….” Read more: Was 1998 tobacco pact a bad deal […]
The Parliamentary Health Select Committee recently asked the Ministry of Health to provide advice on electronic cigarettes: “As the e-cigarette delivers only nicotine in a mist of propylene glycol, without the other 4,000 or so other chemicals in tobacco smoke, it is far safer than smoking.” “The current safety data would therefore suggest that the […]
From Dr. Michael Siegel’s Blog 03/29/11: Recommended reading!! FDA CTP’s Farce “Action” on Star Scientific’s BDL Products: The Non-Smoking Gun – Guest Commentary by Mr. Sandy Hoff (Izof_texas on Yahoo) The following is a guest commentary offered by Mr. Sandy Hoff. In it, he makes a strong argument that the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products […]
By Molly Peterson – Mar 23, 2011 3:47 PM CT Star Scientific Inc. (CIGX) said U.S. regulators ruled that two of the company’s lozenge brands aren’t subject to regulation under the 2009 tobacco law. The Food and Drug Administration’s decision clears the way for Star Scientific, based in Glen Allen, Virginia, to start selling its […]
You have to question what the FDA’s motive actually is here. This news drove the company’s stock up, but will it drive profits down when the FDA’s game plan is revealed? This is at complete odds with the FDA’s position on nicotine, specifically, non-tobacco (reduced harm)nicotine. The FDA is on record as having real concerns about […]
Opinion by inijames (July 01, 2010) in Health / Addiction The FDA has attempted to ban an alternative to smoking called the electronic cigarette, has attempted to define the device as a drug delivery device and is continuing to seize imports of e-cigarettes. Now Spike Babaian, the President of the National Vapers’ Club, a […]
