Jim Myers, Author at ECigIntelligence

Congress hearing pits e-cig industry leaders against US representatives

Written by Jim Myers || 6th February 2020 || News analysis |

Leaders of the top five US e-cigarette companies have defended in the US Congress their action to fight against youth vaping, while representatives blamed them for their tobacco-alternative products ...

Trump warns of black market if flavour ban is adopted; backs minimum age of 21

Written by Jim Myers || 23rd November 2019 || News analysis |

President Trump has softened his position on a possible US flavour ban, and also endorsed a national minimum vaping age of 21 ...

Among bills in US Congress, House backs ban on online sales to minors

Written by Jim Myers || 11th November 2019 || News analysis |

A total of 16 vaping-related bills have been introduced in the current US Congress, which convened in January – and some of them are moving through the legislative process quite fast ...

US Congress committee rushes through bill to tax nicotine

Written by Jim Myers || 25th October 2019 || News analysis |

A Democrat-controlled US House committee has comfortably approved a bill to tax nicotine in vaping products to discourage their use ...

Is CDC director’s rapid exit a chance to end the ‘war on tobacco’?

Written by Jim Myers || 7th February 2018 || News analysis |

The abrupt resignation of Brenda Fitzgerald as director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could provide the Trump administration with an unexpected opportunity to help settle a question on the agency’s anti-tobacco efforts ...

After the shutdown, Cole stays positive on deeming relief

Written by Jim Myers || 24th January 2018 || News analysis |

Congressman Tom Cole insists he has not given up his effort to bring legislative relief to the e-cigarette industry despite the tribulations of the latest US government shutdown ...

Cole still hopes his provision for industry relief will reach Trump’s desk

Written by Jim Myers || 23rd December 2017 || News analysis |

US Representative Tom Cole is still hoping his bid to bring relief to the e-cigarette industry will make it into a major federal spending bill and onto President Trump’s desk ...

Democrat leader urges FDA to speed up action on ‘dangerous’ e-cigs

Written by Jim Myers || 17th October 2017 || News analysis |

US Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer of New York has urged the FDA to reverse its decision to delay a key part of its regulation of e-cigarettes, citing the products’ popularity among teens ...

FDA seeking experts to advise on the science of tobacco products

Written by Jim Myers || 16th October 2017 || News analysis |

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) wants a few technically qualified people who can provide it with independent and expert advice on regulating tobacco products ...

Deeming relief rides through the House on the back of spending bill

Written by Jim Myers || 18th September 2017 || News analysis |

The US House of Representatives has voted in favour of providing legislative relief from the FDA’s deeming regulation, included in a massive spending bill to keep the government going ...

Cole-Bishop grandfathering bill delayed again by stopgap budgeting

Written by Jim Myers || 11th September 2017 || News analysis |

The Cole-Bishop bill to bring legislative relief to the e-cigarette industry has been stalled yet again by another stopgap spending measure agreed to by President Trump and congressional leaders ...

Adams confirmed as surgeon general with vow to act on nicotine addiction

Written by Jim Myers || 4th August 2017 || News analysis |

The US Senate has confirmed Indiana health commissioner Jerome Adams as the next US surgeon general ...

In Congress, deeming reformers welcome FDA’s policy shift

Written by Jim Myers || 31st July 2017 || News analysis |

The bipartisan duo attempting to modify the FDA’s deeming regulations in the US Congress reacted with cautious optimism to commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s sweeping new policy plan, which many see as a nod for safer alternatives to traditional tobacco...

No relief from deeming regs as US Senate approves key spending bill

Written by Jim Myers || 21st July 2017 || News analysis |

The industry’s hopes that a US federal spending bill would reduce the impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA’s) deeming regulations were disappointed this week when a Senate committee approved a version that makes no reference to...

US House of Representatives to vote on deeming regulations grandfathering

Written by Jim Myers || 14th July 2017 || News analysis |

Legislation giving the e-cigarette industry crucial relief from what it considers onerous provisions in the FDA’s deeming regulation survived a Democratic bid to kill it and now is ready for a floor vote in the US House of...

Legal ban on in-flight vaping moves closer despite Hunter’s best shot

Written by Jim Myers || 12th July 2017 || News analysis |

Duncan Hunter, the vaping congressman, has failed in a theatrical bid to halt a move that would enshrine in law the existing ban on the use of e-cigarettes on aircraft ...

Bid to change grandfather date goes to House committee again

Written by Jim Myers || 29th June 2017 || News analysis |

A two-year effort to provide relief to the e-cigarette industry from the FDA deeming regulation has received a familiar boost with the passing of a major appropriations bill by a US House subcommittee....

What’s an e-cigarette deemed to have in common with a fancy cigar?

Written by Jim Myers || 26th June 2017 || News analysis |

Premium cigars, like e-cigarettes, have been brought under FDA control by the controversial deeming regulation – and the question now is whether they should be yoked together or handled...

US Navy under fire for banning e-cigs on explosive safety grounds

Written by Jim Myers || 13th June 2017 || News analysis |

The US Navy’s suspension of the use and even possession of e-cigarettes on ships, submarines and aircraft has been sharply criticised by supporters of the vaping industry....

Gottlieb: “Give me time to make decisions on deeming rule”

Written by Jim Myers || 26th May 2017 || News analysis |

The newly installed commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) repeatedly told anxious law-makers on Thursday that he needs more time before deciding what he will do, if anything, about his agency’s controversial deeming regulation on...

Senate confirms e-cig industry’s friend Gottlieb as FDA chief

Written by Jim Myers || 10th May 2017 || News analysis |

Scott Gottlieb, who plans a review of the deeming regulation that has caused so much concern for the e-cigarette industry, is set to become the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) after winning Senate...

Cole urges Gottlieb to hurry up with changes to deeming regulations

Written by Jim Myers || 3rd May 2017 || News analysis |

Congressman Tom Cole has cautiously endorsed FDA commissioner-designate Scott Gottlieb’s plan to review the agency’s contentious deeming regulation on e-cigarettes and tobacco products – but urged him to...

Gottlieb backed to head FDA, with support from Democrat senators

Written by Jim Myers || 2nd May 2017 || News analysis |

A key U.S. Senate committee voted in favour of making Dr. Scott Gottlieb the next FDA commissioner after he laid out plans to review the deeming rule that has generated so much controversy within the e-cigarette...

Congress proposal to replace deeming rules with industry standards

Written by Jim Myers || 2nd May 2017 || News analysis |

A California Republican congressman and vaping promoter has introduced a bill in Congress to exempt e-cigarettes from controls in not only the controversial FDA deeming regulation but also the Tobacco Control Act....

Cole-Bishop attempt to change grandfathering date fails again

Written by Jim Myers || 2nd May 2017 || News analysis |

Proposed legislation offering relief on the grandfather date in the FDA deeming regulation did not make it into a major spending bill to fund the U.S. government through the rest of the fiscal...

Axing of Murthy as surgeon general could be welcome news for e-cigs

Written by Jim Myers || 26th April 2017 || News analysis |

President Trump will get an early jump on naming the next U.S. surgeon general after forcing Vivek Murthy out as America’s top...

FDA urged to hold fire for two years on deeming regulation deadlines

Written by Jim Myers || 4th April 2017 || News analysis |

A well-known advocate of limited government has stepped up efforts to get the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to water down its deeming...

Trump’s FDA nominee likely to be seen as mainstream choice

Written by Jim Myers || 11th March 2017 || News analysis |

U.S. president Donald Trump on Friday announced his intention to nominate Scott Gottlieb as the next commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), ending a months-long process watched closely by the e-cigarette...

Cole and Bishop try again to get grandfather date brought forward

Written by Jim Myers || 17th February 2017 || News analysis |

Republican U.S. House member Tom Cole has announced the reintroduction of a bill to change the grandfather date in the FDA’s deeming regulation - but with significantly expanded legislation to cover other major...

Regulatory reformer O’Neill could be Trump’s man for the FDA

Written by Jim Myers || 19th December 2016 || News analysis |

U.S. media are buzzing with speculation that Donald Trump once again could be thinking outside the box as he seeks a reform-minded nominee to head the Food and Drug Administration, which recently extended its authority over...

Surgeon general criticised and praised over youth vaping report

Written by Jim Myers || 9th December 2016 || News analysis |

U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s report on the use of e-cigarettes by young people has drawn both criticism and praise. Representatives of the industry claimed the report ignored the benefits e-cigarettes can provide to those trying to avoid...

Grandfathering bid shelved to 2017, but Cole and Bishop still hopeful

Written by Jim Myers || 18th November 2016 || News analysis |

An attempt to change the grandfather date in the FDA’s deeming regulations will not be taken up in the current lame-duck session of the U.S. Congress, a key law-maker in that effort said...

Cole amendment misses deadline, but its backers won’t give up yet

Written by Jim Myers || 4th October 2016 || News analysis |

Legislative language that would have changed the so-called grandfathering date on e-cigarettes set by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) did not make it into a must-pass bill to keep the federal government open beyond the end...

Chances of grandfathering date change appear to lessen

Written by Jim Myers || 23rd September 2016 || News analysis |

A bid to change the grandfathering date of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s deeming regulations may not make it into the appropriations bill that faces an imminent deadline in...

West Virginia politician is latest to contest deeming rule in court

Written by Jim Myers || 19th June 2016 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is facing another legal challenge to its new deeming regulation on e-cigarettes. Filed in the Southern District of West Virginia on 10th June, the action was taken by Larry W. Faircloth,...

Democrats welcome FDA regulations, and ask for more

Written by Jim Myers || 12th May 2016 || News analysis |

Members of the U.S. Congress, mostly Democrats, continue to welcome the Food and Drug Administration’s deeming rule extending its authority over tobacco to e-cigarettes and other...

Washington reaction: “mystery chemicals” and “over-reach”

Written by Jim Myers || 6th May 2016 || News analysis |

Several members of Congress welcomed what they view as a long-overdue rule by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to regulate e-cigarettes, but the initial responses also provided another opportunity for Democrats and Republicans to show how...

Congressional committee votes to move U.S. grandfather date

Written by Jim Myers || 20th April 2016 || News analysis |

The U.S. e-cigarette industry is this week one step closer to avoiding the expensive process currently proposed for federal approval of existing products, following a Congressional committee...

U.S. transportation secretary finally bans e-cigs on planes

Written by Jim Myers || 3rd March 2016 || News analysis |

U.S. transportation secretary Anthony Foxx announced a final rule Wednesday to ban the use of e-cigarettes on all commercial flights in the U.S., aiming to avoid confusion over the legal position. “This final rule is important because it...

Do as I do: U.S. politician blows clouds of vapour in Congress

Written by Jim Myers || 16th February 2016 || News analysis |

In an unusual show-and-tell episode, a California Republican member of the U.S. Congress vaped during his debate against an amendment to ban the use of e-cigarettes on...

Califf’s FDA nomination may move quickly to final vote

Written by Jim Myers || 14th February 2016 || News analysis |

The stalled nomination of Robert Califf to become the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) received another major boost last week when a motion was filed to limit debate on Califf’s...

Califf edges closer to securing FDA job, but salmon threaten

Written by Jim Myers || 17th January 2016 || News analysis |

Robert Califf’s nomination to become the next commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has won an easy vote in a Senate committee – but may still face a roadblock that could delay the final approval...

Nelson bill passes: U.S. set to require child-proofing on e-liquid

Written by Jim Myers || 12th January 2016 || News analysis |

The U.S. House of Representatives on Monday gave final legislative approval to a bipartisan bill requiring child-resistant packaging on liquid nicotine sold in the U.S., paving the way for it to become law...

E-liquid marketing “uses candy and cereal brands misleadingly”

Written by Jim Myers || 24th December 2015 || News analysis |

Nine Democratic senators in the U.S. have urged a federal agency to investigate e-liquid sellers for deceptively advertising their products using recognisable brand names of candy, breakfast cereals and other foods and...

Congress axes grandfathering date change at the last minute

Written by Jim Myers || 18th December 2015 || News analysis |

The attempt to bring forward the grandfathering date for e-cigarettes in the United States as part of a Congressional funding bill has...

U.S. Senate passes child-proofing rules for nicotine containers

Written by Jim Myers || 14th December 2015 || News analysis |

The U.S. Senate has approved a bill to require child-resistant packaging on liquid nicotine offered for...

Califf survives Senate hearing on FDA job, seemingly unscathed

Written by Jim Myers || 22nd November 2015 || News analysis |

Robert Califf, president Barack Obama’s pick to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has expressed his support for the agency’s approach to reviewing innovative tobacco products such as...

“Leaked deeming regulations” raise questions, offer few answers

Written by Jim Myers || 29th October 2015 || News analysis |

An e-cigarette industry association this week claimed to be in possession of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s forthcoming deeming regulations, but the provenance and authenticity of the brief excerpts that it published remain...

Senators press White House to move quickly on deeming regulations

Written by Jim Myers || 22nd October 2015 || News analysis |

Key Democratic U.S. senators this week urged the Obama administration to take “immediate” action on pushing the deeming regulations for e-cigarettes through the final stage before...

Obama names deputy commissioner Califf to head FDA

Written by Jim Myers || 16th September 2015 || News analysis |

U.S. president Barack Obama has chosen Rob Califf, currently the deputy commissioner for medical products and tobacco at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), to head up the...

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