What’s Next For E-Cigs?

As we have discussed in previous blog posts, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its  long-awaited proposed e-cig regulations earlier this year.  Since releasing the draft regulations, the FDA has received over 70,000 formal comments, including a letter submitted by 29 state attorneys general seeking additional marketing regulations.  Now that the comment period has ended, what's next for the FDA's e-cig regulations?

New E-Cig Regulations

Under the FDA's proposed regulations, the definition of "tobacco products" has been expanded to include "dissolvables, gels, hookah tobacco, electronic cigarettes, cigars, and pipe tobacco."  Learning from its past mistakes, the FDA has also included a provision that would allow it to regulate future tobacco products that have yet to be invented.