FDA Letter from Iowa Congress

[Daytony]

Hello, got a letter and now I know what Iowa congress thinks about e-cigs and FDA.

Thank you for contacting me with your concerns
regarding tobacco and electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). It is good to hear
from you.






As you may know, the Food and Drug Administration
(FDA) has the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, advertising,
promotion, sale, and use of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and smokeless tobacco
products. Currently, the FDA is spending $270 million on a number of research
projects to collect data on the use of e-cigarettes. Specifically, their study
would focus on how convenience store price promotions on e-cigarettes influence
minors to purchase the device. Additionally, studies are being done to learn
more about how people are altering the e-cigarette to make the device release
extra nicotine. Currently, no legislation has been introduced that would
increase the FDA's ability to regulate e-cigarettes.



I do not support giving the FDA any additional
authority to regulate tobacco products. Their core mission is to protect public
health and they are using this authority by conducting these studies that should
help reduce the use of tobacco products by minors. While I understand the
harmful effect smoking has on a person's health, I do not believe additional FDA
regulation will decrease the amount of tobacco used. Should any legislation be
introduced regarding the FDA's authority to regulate tobacco products and
e-cigarettes, I will be sure to keep your thoughts in mind.



Once again, thank you for taking the time to
contact me. Please do not hesitate to do so again in the future.




Sincerely,
Steve King

 

[Nate760]

Specifically, their study would focus on how convenience store price promotions on e-cigarettes influence minors to purchase the device.

Lolwut? Does selling to minors magically become legal if the store's having a sale?

Additionally, studies are being done to learn more about how people are altering the e-cigarette to make the device release extra nicotine.

Lolwut? If you want more nicotine, don't you just vape more or buy stronger liquid? And I shouldn't have to point this out to Mr. King, but the amount of nicotine in the liquid is the amount of nicotine in the liquid. There's nothing you can do to your hardware that's going to change it.

These are seriously the kind of questions that require a $270 million outlay of taxpayer funds in order to answer? And we wonder why our government can't make ends meet.

 

[Painter_]

what is really funny is that I read somewhere (I wish I could find it) that below 6 mg / ml is the most popular. I know I was talking to the owner of a local vape store and he sells more 0 and 3 mg juice than all others combined.

 

[DC2]

what is really funny is that I read somewhere (I wish I could find it) that below 6 mg / ml is the most popular. I know I was talking to the owner of a local vape store and he sells more 0 and 3 mg juice than all others combined.

Nicotine levels that low are becoming popular due to the sub-ohm vaping.
It sure wasn't like that a year or two ago.

But we could have a whole thread on how sub-ohm vaping is changing the vaping landscape, for better or worse.
--Changing the demographics of who gets into vaping and why
--Changing the levels of nicotine liquid that are the most common
--Affecting the public perception of vaping
--Battery and device safety

But yeah, we've already had many such threads, so yeah.