The Food and Drug Administration issued rules for hundreds of e-cigarette brands that they will have to follow if they want to stay on the market.
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“As cigarette smoking among those under 18 has fallen, the use of other nicotine products, including e-cigarettes, has taken a drastic leap”. “Regulators counter research doesn’t show e-cigarettes can help smokers quit”.
These rules go into effect in 90 days, but manufacturers have two years to come into compliance.
Consumers are not the only ones feeling the pinch of these new regulations; manufacturers now also face much closer scrutiny.
Electronic cigarettes are battery operated devices that deliver nicotine infused with flavorings.
6 News spoke with Republican State Senator Rick Jones who says there’s a place in the state for e-cigarettes, but it’s not in the hands of MI children.
The rule helps implement the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009 and enables FDA to help improve public health and safeguard future generations from the risks of tobacco use through a number of measures. The sale of the e-cigarettes will be banned in vending machines.
The decision taken by the U.S. government will have an enormous impact on the e-cigarette industry which has thrived in the United States because of its growing popularity among teenagers and youngsters and also due to lack of any federal regulation.
An Iowa Youth Survey released previous year found roughly six-percent of kids, between 6th and 11th grade, reporting having used e-cigarettes.
The publication points out that the regulations contain a grandfather clause that eliminates the need for FDA approval for merchandise that was already available as of February 15, 2007. For the first time e-cig products are classified as tobacco.
The FDA said that a recent survey had revealed that e-cigarette use among high school students had increased from 1.5% in 2011 to 16% in 2015.
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The industry trade group argues-in agreement with some health experts-that e-cigarettes and similar products are less harmful to consumers and hence should be encouraged as an alternative to traditional cigarettes.
