FDA under fire
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)’s first court-ordered update on the premarket tobacco product application (PMTA) progress has not gone down well with health lobbyists or a group of senior US senators

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27th May 2022
26th May 2022
US - Michigan: House Bill 6108 has been recently introduced and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. The bill would amend state law to raise the legal age to purchase a tobacco product, vapour product or an alternative nicotine product from 18 to 21, in accordance with federal law.
25th May 2022
US - Federal: The FDA has come in for some strong criticism after its first court-ordered update revealed the agency did not expect to finish reviewing the remaining PMTA applications until at least June 2023.
25th May 2022
US - Federal: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued several new warning letters to manufacturers and distributors of e-liquid products that are considered “new tobacco products” without the required FDA authorisation to remain on the market.
24th May 2022
US - Federal: Brian King, regarded as the man who coined the term “e-cigarette or vaping use-associated lung injury” (EVALI), is to be the new head of the US FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). He will take over the position on 3rd July after spending more than a decade at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While the appointment has been met with dismay among the vaping industry, FDA commissioner Robert Califf emphasised that King has detailed knowledge of premarket review pathways and tobacco product applications.
23rd May 2022
New Jersey: Senate Bill S 2667 has been introduced. It would prohibit the sale of menthol cigarettes and the sale or distribution of e-cigarettes and related products in all flavours but for tobacco.
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