This is from an online article I read published by the Gothamist. This just a snippet of the whole article, but it gives some insight as to the direction that the FDA may be heading in April regarding e-cigs.
"That law, which President Obama called a "extraordinary accomplishment," prevents tobacco companies from advertising within 1,000 feet of a school, banned cigarette flavors (other than menthol), and for the first time gave the FDA the power to regulate an industry that had regularly been poisoning their customers. But the FDA, an agency that regulates more than $1 trillion in consumer goods—25% of all expenditures in the country—has been slow to respond to the e-cigarette market, and hasn't yet put any regulation in place.
“We’re moving to release for public comment a proposed rule to regulate additional categories of tobacco products,” said Jennifer Haliski, the spokeswoman for the FDA's Office for the Center of tobacco Products. That proposed rule may impose restrictions on e-cigarettes that already exist—new warning labels, a ban on flavors, advertising limitations, additional taxes—and ones that may be specific to e-cigarettes, such as regulating nicotine intake or the ingredients that can be put into e-cigarettes.
The rule is due by April of this year, but once proposed, a lengthy public comment period would ensue, and months would stretch on before the regulations would be enforceable by law. "
Here is the link for those who are interested in the whole article, as I don't want any of this to be take out of context.
http://gothamist.com/2013/01/22/e-cigs_e-cigarettes_njoy_vaping_vap.php
"That law, which President Obama called a "extraordinary accomplishment," prevents tobacco companies from advertising within 1,000 feet of a school, banned cigarette flavors (other than menthol), and for the first time gave the FDA the power to regulate an industry that had regularly been poisoning their customers. But the FDA, an agency that regulates more than $1 trillion in consumer goods—25% of all expenditures in the country—has been slow to respond to the e-cigarette market, and hasn't yet put any regulation in place.
“We’re moving to release for public comment a proposed rule to regulate additional categories of tobacco products,” said Jennifer Haliski, the spokeswoman for the FDA's Office for the Center of tobacco Products. That proposed rule may impose restrictions on e-cigarettes that already exist—new warning labels, a ban on flavors, advertising limitations, additional taxes—and ones that may be specific to e-cigarettes, such as regulating nicotine intake or the ingredients that can be put into e-cigarettes.
The rule is due by April of this year, but once proposed, a lengthy public comment period would ensue, and months would stretch on before the regulations would be enforceable by law. "
Here is the link for those who are interested in the whole article, as I don't want any of this to be take out of context.
http://gothamist.com/2013/01/22/e-cigs_e-cigarettes_njoy_vaping_vap.php
