Jim Myers, Author at ECigIntelligence

Leno bill dies in California; grandfathering change survives

Written by Jim Myers || 10th July 2015 || News analysis |

There was good news for e-cig advocates on both coasts of the U.S. this week, as a Congressional committee in Washington waved through proposed legislation that would exempt many e-cigarettes from aspects of the Food and Drug Administration’s...

Congress opens new attack on FDA grandfathering date

Written by Jim Myers || 30th June 2015 || News analysis |

A crucial appropriations bill in the U.S. Congress is being used to launch a pre-emptive strike against the grandfather date for e-cigarette products proposed by the...

U.S. could set more recent date for grandfathering of e-cigs

Written by Jim Myers || 1st May 2015 || News analysis |

A bill has been introduced in the U.S. Congress which could give e-cigarettes a much more recent “grandfathering” date when federal regulations are introduced, meaning that many established products would not be subject to the new...

FDA struggling to complete deeming regulations by June?

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

The much-anticipated “deeming regulations” giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority over e-cigarettes should be ready by their June deadline – but could still be delayed, the agency’s head has...

FDA’s Zeller: youth figures don’t prove the gateway hypothesis

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

Newly published data showing a dramatic increase in e-cigarette use among U.S. children does not answer the question of whether e-cigs are a gateway into tobacco smoking, a key Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official said this...

U.S. federal e-cig bills – can any reach the finish line this time?

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

In less than four months, the 114th U.S. Congress has matched its predecessor’s record on e-cig legislation, with the same number of bills already tabled – with many of the same...

Hamburg: deeming regulations will be published in June

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is committed to a June release of its long-awaited – and some claim much-delayed – deeming regulations on e-cigarettes and other tobacco-related products, the agency’s departing commissioner assured senators last...

FDA’s departing commissioner praised, censured on e-cigs

Written by Jim Myers || 10th March 2015 || News analysis |

In her final days as head of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Margaret Hamburg is receiving accolades from Republicans and Democrats alike on her six years in what many call one of the toughest jobs in...

So far, so good for second outing of U.S. child-proof bottles bill

Written by Jim Myers || 2nd March 2015 || News analysis |

A bill requiring child-resistant packaging for liquid nicotine containers once again sailed through a key U.S. Senate committee last week on a voice...

As FDA’s Hamburg steps down, successor will face critics

Written by Jim Myers || 8th February 2015 || News analysis |

Congressional critics of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will get a chance to quiz its next leader on the issue of regulating e-cigarettes once president Obama has nominated a successor to Margaret...

U.S. urged to act on age limit; FDA told to hurry up and deem

Written by Jim Myers || 28th January 2015 || News analysis |

A U.S. congresswoman, Elizabeth Esty, has accused the federal government controlled by her own party of dragging its feet on regulating...

FAA says air passengers must carry, not check, their e-cigs

Written by Jim Myers || 26th January 2015 || News analysis |

Are e-cigs and other tobacco substitutes welcome on passenger planes? Are they a danger, an infringement of near-universal strict rules against in-flight smoking, or a benign product that passengers might...

Mandatory child-proofing: senator Nelson tries again

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

Still unsure exactly who derailed his child-proofing legislation late last year, U.S. senator Bill Nelson is trying again to persuade Congress that it should mandate safety packaging for the liquid nicotine containers used to refill e-cigarettes....

As Congress turns Republican, U.S. e-cig bills wither and die

Written by Jim Myers || 19th December 2014 || News analysis |

A group of proposed laws that would have affected the U.S. e-cigarette industry officially bit the dust this week when the historically dysfunctional 113th Congress finally closed its books on...

Could Republicans’ triumph mean a gentler ride for e-cigs?

Written by Jim Myers || 6th November 2014 || News analysis |

Republicans’ historic victory this week in taking the U.S. mid-term elections’ big prize – control of the Senate – could have a significant impact on the e-cigarette industry’s relationship with Congress, as power shifts to a party renowned...

White House silent on changes it made to deeming regs

Written by Jim Myers || 26th June 2014 || News analysis |

Edits made to e-cigarette proposal documents could significantly weaken the Food and Drug Administration's final...

Senator tells e-cig execs: “You are what’s wrong with America”

Written by Jim Myers || 19th June 2014 || News analysis |

Two e-cigarette executives drew unusually heated criticism Wednesday from U.S. Senate Democrats during a hearing on what law-makers view as the industry’s aggressive marketing tactics targeting kids....

FDA lambasted over comments process, inaction on flavours

Written by Jim Myers || 18th May 2014 || News analysis |

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reviewing requests to extend the public comment period on its proposal to regulate e-cigarettes as tobacco products, a senior FDA official told a a key U.S. Senate committee on Thursday,...

Obama’s choice for health job is pushed for view on flavours

Written by Jim Myers || 9th May 2014 || News analysis |

A Republican senator this week used a hearing on president Obama’s nominee to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to raise concern that flavourings were omitted from federal proposals to regulate...

U.S. senators bid to ban vaping in the corridors of D.C. power

Written by Jim Myers || 8th May 2014 || News analysis |

The world’s most powerful deliberative body has been asked to decide a question that sounds both simple and modern: to vape or not to vape. But leading Democrats – whose party currently holds power in the U.S. Senate...

U.S. e-cig companies “face fight to survive” after FDA proposals

Written by Jim Myers || 6th May 2014 || News analysis |

A trade group that supports e-cigarettes used its spring conference on Monday to deliver a big dose of tough talk, as speaker after speaker warned that the industry faces a fight for its very...

Big U.S. cities vow to legislate on e-cigs despite FDA delays

Written by Jim Myers || 2nd May 2014 || News analysis |

Top health officials from major U.S. metropolitan areas served notice Thursday that they will continue taking the lead in protecting their citizens’ health against the potential public risks posed by the booming...

FDA’s leader promised action… and the audience just laughed

Written by Jim Myers || 25th April 2014 || News analysis |

The commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) drew laughter from a Washington, D.C. audience this week when she promised that the agency’s long-delayed deeming rules on e-cigarettes and other products were...

D.C. reaction: age rules praised, tolerance of flavours criticised

Written by Jim Myers || 24th April 2014 || News analysis |

Key Democratic members of Congress on Thursday eagerly welcomed the long-delayed proposal by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to extend the agency’s regulatory authority over the e-cigarette industry and other tobacco products, while Republican law-makers remained more...

Could EU directive be a model
for U.S. treatment of e-cigs?

Written by Jim Myers || 16th April 2014 || News analysis |

The European Parliament’s new rules on e-cigarettes in the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD) have grabbed the attention of key members of the U.S. Senate, generating mixed reactions on whether it should influence the efforts of the Food and...

FDA urged to act quickly on reviewing new tobacco products

Written by Jim Myers || 14th March 2014 || News analysis |

A key Republican senator has criticised the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for moving too slowly on tobacco regulation during a hearing on the agency’s...

In depth: inside the FDA, part 2 – the duo who will lead U.S. e-cig regulation

Written by Jim Myers || 10th March 2014 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

After a friendly confirmation process, Margaret Hamburg became the 21st commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on 18th May...

In depth: inside the FDA, part 1 – new to e-cigs, not to controversy

Written by Jim Myers || 10th March 2014 || Regulatory reports , Topic regulatory reports |

Five years after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) finally gained the legal authority to regulate certain tobacco products, the agency is in the middle of what could be a landmark effort to extend that power to...

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