May began with a "blitz" of enforcement action from the FDA and FTC against e-liquid manufacturers that use artwork which closely mimics or otherwise is directly appropriated from food, candy, or beverage products…
CASAA reported in March ( here ) that the FDA has published an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding flavored tobacco and vapor products. The purpose of an ANPRM is to gather…
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 (“the omnibus budget bill”) has been nearly six months in the making. And when all of the pieces were laid together--all 2200+ pages of it--the bill…
For anyone following FDA tobacco regulations, the past week has been a busy one. On March 15th, the agency released its advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) for regulating the nicotine content in…
Focus put on misleading “Tips From Smokers” campaign
In October 2017 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) submitted an information collection request titled "National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System" to the Office of…