The U.S. Food and Drug Administration new regulations will affect the electronic cigarette market

According to the American Tobacco Tobacco online news report in November 2013, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, said the council will not be in the form of a traditional tobacco product regulation to monitor electronic cigarette, which means that regulators will be the introduction of electronic cigarettes additional measures.

According to the interpretation of the electronic cigarette products by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the use of the electronic cigarette is a battery can provide energy for consumers taking a device to nicotine and other chemical fragrances, and in this case, the United States Lorry Ladd tobacco company’s best-selling Blu electronic cigarette brand, and only after the approval of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, may continue to be sold in the U.S. market.

However, the U.S. tobacco wholesalers association named TOM BRIANT official pointed out that the electronic cigarette is a completely different product, it is different from traditional tobacco products. Therefore, the U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Association and other organizations are carrying out lobbying activities do not agree by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to regulate electronic cigarette products.

In fact, the terms of the U.S. government in 2009, year of the introduction of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act indicates that the electronic cigarette tobacco control control provisions included in the bill, and added to the electronic cigarette tobacco control provisions of the Act are not appropriate.

In the United States Food and Drug Administration regulation of electronic cigarettes, the U.S. part of the tobacco companies showed a more flexible attitude in this, Marlboro maker – Philip Morris USA, said the council’s support for regulation, but the company requires its controls to be flexible, but also requires the government to protect the electronic cigarette industry innovation activities.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has plans to control its electronic cigarette related application submitted to the U.S. government information offices and government regulatory agencies, within the next few months, the public of the United States Food and Drug Administration plans to control the electronic cigarette to express their views and comments.