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Category: E-Cig / E-Liquid

FDA Announces 1/18 Meeting to Discuss Philip Morris MRTP Applications

FDA Announces 1/18 Meeting to Discuss Philip Morris MRTP Applications FDA has published a notice announcing a meeting of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) for Jan. 24-25, 2018, at the FDA White Oak campus. The committee will discuss scientific issues related to the modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) applications submitted by Philip Morris Products […]

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FDA is extending deadline for ENDS Ingredient Listing submissions – PMTA

FDA is extending deadline for ENDS Ingredient Listing submissions – PMTA FDA is extending the compliance deadline to submit ingredient listings for deemed tobacco products by six months due to technical issues users encountered with eSubmitter. FDA is extending this compliance deadline to provide manufacturers with additional time to submit the ingredient listing information required […]

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Research Shows Almost 20% Success in Quitting Smoking in 2017

A University College London reports shows that nearly 20% of those who tried to quit smoking in the first half of 2017 were successful. This is a record high and the success is in part attributed to the use of e cigarettes.  This figure is up from the 15.7% average over the past decade.  This […]

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FDA Again Extends Deadlines for E Cigarette / E Liquid PMTA Compliance to 2022!

The FDA has extended the deadline for submission of Pre Market Tobacco Applications (PMTA) for non-combustible tobacco products (e cigarettes, e liquids, vaping products) to August 8, 2022.  In its July 28, 2017 announcement, the FDA announced a new comprehensive plan which places nicotine, and the issue of addiction, at the center of the agency’s tobacco regulation […]

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FDA’s New Comprehensive Plan for Tobacco and Nicotine Regulation Extends Application Deadlines for ENDS & E-Cigarettes

FDA’s New Comprehensive Plan for Tobacco and Nicotine Regulation Extends Application Deadlines for ENDS & E-Cigarettes Today, the FDA announced a new comprehensive plan for tobacco and nicotine regulation. The plan consists of a “multi-year roadmap” to address tobacco-related disease and place nicotine at the center of regulation efforts. Specifically, the FDA will focus its efforts […]

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FDA Issues Warning Letter to Company for Marketing Unauthorized Tobacco Products

From the Center for Tobacco Products – CTP Update FDA Issues Warning Letter to Company for Marketing Unauthorized Tobacco Products The FDA is announcing the issuance of a warning letter to Kretek International, Inc. for importing and distributing adulterated and/or misbranded smokeless tobacco products. Four products are adulterated because they are new tobacco products and do not […]

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FDA Extends Deadlines for E Cig, E Liquid & ENDS Compliance

The FDA has extended the deadlines for compliance of the new deeming regulations for e cigarettes, e liquid and ENDS products!  The have announced a 3 month extension of certain tobacco product compliance deadlines.  Manufacturers now have  additional time to comply with new CTP provisions such as: Submission of cigar rotational warning plans Registration and […]

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U.S. House bill would exempt e-cigarettes from tobacco regulations

U.S. House bill would exempt e-cigarettes from tobacco regulations By Toni Clarke and Jilian Mincer April 25, 2017 (Reuters)   A bill expected this week in the U.S. House of Representatives would weaken a Food and Drug Administration rule governing e-cigarettes and represent a major victory for the $4.4 billion U.S. vaping industry. The bill, […]

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Washington Examiner Reports UK Smokers Switching to E Cigs Faster Than Anyone in Europe

What the US can learn from the UK about vaping and e cigs – Washington Examiner British smokers are switching to e-cigarettes faster than anyone else in Europe, according to a report from Ernst & Young, one of the United Kingdom’s top accountancy firms. The number of Brits vaping surged to 2.2 million in 2016, […]

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Cancer Research UK study into vaping effects show 97% safer than cigarettes

On Monday the results of a University College London study into 181 individuals, including smokers and ex-smokers, using e-cigarettes was published. Compared with full-time tobacco smokers e-cigarette users had 97 per cent lower levels of a toxic chemical associated with lung cancer. Click here to read article 

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