U.S. FDA to launch vape policy

According to the US website, the Acting Director of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Sharpley said on the 25th that the agency is expected to finalize policies on flavored electronic cigarettes and electronic cigarette smoking devices in the next few weeks.

According to FDA policy, all flavored vape products on the market currently need to be removed from the market, except for the original flavor of tobacco. The removed products need to re-obtain a "pre-market authorization" before returning to the market.

"The FDA intends to enforce existing laws that restrict the sale of such products. This policy does not mean that flavored vapes can never be marketed. If a company can file an application with the FDA to prove it A specific product meets the standards set by Congress, and the FDA will approve that product for final sale. "

Earlier in September, President Trump announced that the FDA would make "some very powerful recommendations" on the use of flavored vapes. In the same statement, Minister of Health and Human Services Hazard said the new policy would require flavoured vape companies to withdraw their products from the market.

Hazard said at the time: "It will take several weeks for us to issue final guidance and announce all details about the implementation of the policy. It will then be postponed to take effect for about 30 days as usual. By then, except for the original vape, All other flavors of vapes will be withdrawn from the market. "

He also said that by May 20, 2020, vape companies will have the opportunity to obtain FDA approval for tobacco-flavored products. At that time, manufacturers of flavored vape products will also have the opportunity to record, but their products may not be listed before they are approved.

At the hearing on September 25, Deputy Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Shu Hart said that new vape-related cases are diagnosed every day, and the agency expects the number of vape-related diseases found this week. "Hundreds more cases" than last week. As of September 17, there have been 530 confirmed cases of lung injury related to vapes and similar cases.

There are also nine known deaths related to the use of vapes, two of which occurred in California, two in Kansas, and the remaining five in Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, and Missouri. And Oregon.

On the 25th, Rhode Island Governor Gina Raymondo signed an executive order directing the state health department to formulate "emergency regulations" prohibiting the sale of flavored electronic cigarette products. On the 24th, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker called for a temporary ban on the sale of all vape products in the state for a period of four months. On the same day, the Supervisory Board of Los Angeles unanimously voted to ban the sale of flavored electronic cigarettes.

In addition, earlier in September, Michigan banned the sale of flavored vapes and New York banned the sale of most flavored vapes. In June, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban all vape sales.

But chest oncologist Peter Shields said that the idea of completely removing vapes has changed, from a ban to publishing some kind of regulatory policy.

"It is wise to ban flavored vapes, and it will increase the difficulty of quitting, so there is still a need for plain vapes or menthol-containing tobacco in the market, so that smokers have alternatives," he said.

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