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[soba1]

Thought ya'll might find this interesting

FDA Tobacco Czar Mitch Zeller - Substantial Equivalence launch but what's next for Tobacco?

 

[wolfie_beast]

Interesting article. Not sure yet what to think of this guy, but hopefully he's a reasonable person. Thanks for the link!

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

He appears to at least be open to the idea that e-cigs are an order of magnitude less dangerous than cigarettes.

However, I still think FDA is in a conundrum and paralyzed with uncertainty over how to move forward. The fact that he said he found e-cigarettes "interesting" tells me that FDA doesn't quite know how to deal with e-liquid--a "tobacco product" that doesn't contain any tobacco, can be had with zero nicotine levels and is made from commercially available products, all with many other known uses.

What are you gonna do, ban ketchup because it contains tomato sauce? After all, tomatoes, like tobacco, are members of the nightshade family and contain trace amounts of nicotine.

Mark my words: October will come and go with either toothless "deeming" regulations regarding e-cigs, or no regulations at all.

 

[Barbara21]

Yes, thanks for the link. It was interesting.

 

[BlueMoods]

At least is is open to vaping being less harmful than using tobacco as in smoking dipping or chewing it seems. He does seem to see that nicotine is nicotine and, the emotional attachment we have to vaping over other ways to get nic is a big factor. Maybe he isn't all bad. Time (A very shot bit of it) will tell.

 

[BigLebowski]

Seems like a reasonable man, but the FDA doesn't need to be in our business.

 

[soba1]

Mark my words: October will come and go with either toothless "deeming" regulations regarding e-cigs, or no regulations at all.

I'm gonna go with the latter.
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