As we have previously reported, on December 27, 2020, Congress amended the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act to apply to e-cigarettes and all vaping products (referred to in the legislation collectively as “Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems” or “ENDS”). Under the amended PACT Act, these products are subject to the same federal and state
Background on the PACT Act
As part of the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021,” in the most recent COVID-19 relief bill signed into law on December 27, 2020, Congress amended the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (“PACT”) Act to apply to e-cigarettes and all vaping products. Originally passed in 2009, the PACT Act amended the
On April 22, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland modified its July 12, 2019 Remedies Order (the “Remedies Order”) in American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. v. FDA, et al., No. 8:18-cv-00883 (D. Md.) to extend the May 12, 2020 premarket application deadline to September 9, 2020 for all deemed
On January 8, 2020 FDA published its latest compliance policy guidance, Guidance for Industry: Enforcement Priorities for Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and Other Deemed Products on the Market Without Premarket Authorization (January 2020), which goes into effect in February. Pursuant to the final guidance, beginning February 6, 2020, FDA intends to prioritize enforcement
In March of this year, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it would interpret the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015 (CNPPA) as mandating specific flow-restrictor requirements for liquid nicotine containers that are sold, offered for sale, manufactured for sale, or distributed in commerce. CPSC soon began aggressive enforcement of its new
Reposted from Keller and Heckman’s Blog, The Daily Intake
Electronic cigarettes may soon become much more widely available in the world’s largest tobacco market: The People’s Republic of China. With over 300 million smokers, China has the world’s largest smoking population – which directly results in approximately 1 million deaths annually. [1] While the global e-cigarette market has experienced rapid growth over the last
Reposted from Keller and Heckman’s Blog, The Daily Intake