Since the FDA’s release of its deeming regulations, many excellent opinion pieces have been published on its consequences. Here is a (not so) comprehensive list of some of our favorites.
- FDA Draft Guidance Confirms that Deeming Regulations Will Decimate the E-Cigarette Industry & FDA Regulations Present an Imminent Threat to the Safety of the Public: Urgent Changes are Needed (Dr. Michael Siegel, The Rest of the Story)
- Blog: Did Mitch Zeller Just Show His True Colors? (Melissa Vonder Haar, CSP) [ed. note — this is a particularly great article]
- Uncle Sam’s crackdown on e-cigs will make it harder to quit smoking (Rich Lowry, New York Post)
- The F.D.A. Rules Ignore Harm Reduction Benefits for Adult Smokers (Dr. Kenneth Warner, New York Times)
- FDA went way too far on e-cigarettes (Jeff Stier, USA Today)
- The FDA stubs out an anti-smoking aid: Why the government’s punishment of e-cigarettes is counterproductive & FDA Imposes a Slow-Motion Ban on E-Cigarettes & The FDA’s Deadly Censorship of Livesaving Information (Jacob Sullum, various)
- Winners and Losers from the FDA’s Vaping and Cigar Crackdown & The FDA’s Slow Motion Ban of E-Cigarettes (Walter Olson, various)
- E-Cigarettes and The FDA: First, No Do Harm (Alexander Stuttaford, National Review Online)
- The FDA’s New E-Cigarette Rules Hand Big Tobacco A Big Win (Investors Business Daily, editorial board)