Robert Califf’s FDA nomination is approved at committee stage

Readers with interests in the regulation of e-cigarettes in the US can learn about the questioning of Robert Califf in the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Califf is nominated for the powerful position of commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration.

In the hearing he faced questions from US senators about his views on tobacco and synthetic nicotine policies.

Both anti-tobacco and pro-vaping advocates have ommented their views on Califf’s nomination.