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On June 23, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued marketing denial orders (MDOs)[1] to Juul Labs Inc. for all of the company’s JUUL electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products currently marketed in the United States. After review, FDA determined that Juul’s Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTAs), submitted more than two years

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On April 26, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized an additional four tobacco-flavored electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products for marketing under the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) pathway. Marketing granted orders (MGOs)[1] were issued for the following NJOY tobacco-flavored ENDS products:

  • NJOY Ace Device: Closed e-cigarette device
  • NJOY Ace Pod

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Two months after the September 9, 2021 PMTA enforcement discretion deadline, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken action on well over 90% of timely submitted Premarket Tobacco Product Applications (PMTAs), and has issued over 323 marketing denial orders (MDOs) for more than
1.2 million non-tobacco and non-menthol flavored Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems

Reposted from Keller and Heckman’s Blog, The Daily Intake

  • On January 15, 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued warning lettersto ten companies that sell electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products, including e-liquids.  FDA’s letters warned that any new tobacco product not in compliance with the premarket authorization requirements of the Federal

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On August 24, 2020, Keller and Heckman LLP filed a citizen petition (here) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on behalf of a group of small vapor product manufacturers, retailers, and trade associations requesting that the agency seek a 180-day extension of the September 9, 2020 deadline (until March 8, 2021)

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A coalition of state and national vapor trade associations[1] has moved to intervene in and appeal the District Court for the District of Maryland’s decision in American Academy of Pediatrics, et al. v. FDA, Case No. 8:18-cv-00883, which drastically accelerated the Premarket Tobacco Product Application (PMTA) deadline for vapor products to May 11,

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Section 904(a)(3) of the Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Tobacco Control Act, (FDCA) requires manufacturers and importers to report the quantities of Harmful and Potentially Harmful Constituents (HPHCs) found in their tobacco products, or in the smoke produced by their products, by brand and sub-brand.  21 U.S.C. § 387d(a)(3).  This

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Defendant U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Right to Be Smoke-Free Coalition (RSF) recently submitted briefs to the federal district court of Maryland opposing a motion for summary judgment filed by various public health NGOs in American Academy of Pediatrics v. FDA.[1] The NGOs are challenging various extensions to premarket application

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On June 18, 2018, U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb delivered remarks on “FDA’s Nicotine and Tobacco Regulation and the Key Role of Regulatory Science” at the Tobacco Regulatory Science Program Meeting.[1] While addressing the importance of regulatory science to inform FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) regulatory efforts, Commissioner