However, that Feb. 15, 2007 grandfather — or predicate — date has been a sticking point for many in the e-cigarette and vapor industry.
“The bad news is Aug. 8 of this year marks the beginning of a two-year countdown to FDA prohibition of 99.9 percent of vapor products on the market. If we do not succeed in changing the FDA’s arbitrary predicate date of Feb. 15, 2007, the vapor industry will shrink to almost nothing beginning Aug. 8, 2018,” said Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association.
Conley added industry advocates are working on the legislative and legal fronts to change the grandfather date.
