Some good news for the vaping industry late Monday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has given manufacturers of electronic cigarette equipment a three-month reprieve from registering their products. The June 30 date has now been pushed back three months, “and hopefully more is to come,” said Gregory Conley, president of the American Vaping Association. […]
Vaping Dealt Blow as Budget Passes (CSP Daily News)
WASHINGTON — The future of electronic cigarettes and vaping hit another roadblock this past weekend with the scrapping of an amendment to the newly passed Congressional budget that would have sheltered most vaping products on the market today from a rigorous and costly FDA approval process. The Cole-Bishop Amendment submitted by Reps. Tom Cole (R-Okla.) and Sanford […]
Will upping the tobacco age to 21 compromise Ithaca’s vape shops? (Ithaca.com)
In the argument over whether or not to increase the legal age of tobacco purchase and sale to 21, one type of product, at least in Tompkins County, has been largely left out of the conversation. “E-cigarettes,” “vaporizers” and “vape pens,” all fall into the category of “electronic nicotine delivery systems.” With the legislature expected […]
Vaping-friendly legislation killed by Congress (The San Diego Union-Tribune)
PLEASE READ UPDATE- VAPING GETS AN FDA REPRIEVE Congress has killed the vaping industry’s big hope for curbing the FDA’s “deeming” regulations, which e-cigarette vendors consider onerous, the American Vaping Association said Monday. However, another lobbying group, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, praised the defeat, incurred in budget negotiations, as supporting healthy habits. The Cole-Bishop […]
E-cigarette restrictions to be eased under bill by San Diego’s ‘Vaping Congressman’ (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Rep. Duncan Hunter, a prominent advocate of using e-cigarettes for smoking cessation, has introduced legislation to ease impending federal restrictions on vaping products. The Cigarette Smoking Reduction and Electronic Vapor Alternatives Act, numbered H.R.2194, rejects the policy of the Food and Drug Administration that deems e-cigarettes as tobacco products. Vaping liquids don’t contain tobacco, and […]
