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Breaking: U.S. FDA to Announce Sept. 9 PMTA Deadline
While not yet official, the deadline for submitting premarket tobacco product authorizations (PMTA) to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is one step closer to being delayed from May 12, 2020 to Sept. 9, 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.Read More
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U.S. FDA Asks District Court for PMTA Extension
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has submitted a letter to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland asking Judge Grimm to extend the May 12, 2020 court-ordered PMTA deadline by 120-days to September 9, 2020.Read More
Altria has sent a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting that the agency push back the May 12 authorization deadline by eight weeks due to the coronavirus outbreak. In order to keep certain tobacco and nicotine products on the market, companies must submit applications to the FDA by May 12, but...Read More
The New Nicotine Alliance (NNA) has written to the UK Government about a situation in India. The country has been confiscating legal vaping equipment from visitors. Despite a ban on the sale of vape equipment, the act of vaping remains legal in India.Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has halted activities such as domestic compliance checks and vape shop inspections, the health regulator said on Thursday, as its staff switch to teleworking amid the fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak.Read More
The ban covers e-cigarettes, accessories, spare parts and solutions as well as e-cigarette products that use heating or incineration, like electronic hookahs. The country had already banned the sale of electronic cigarettes.Read More
Sponsored by Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Frank Pallone Jr. and Rep. Donna Shalala, the legislation aims to curb the rise of youth vaping rates by banning nontobacco flavors such as watermelon, mint and mango.Read More
The effectiveness of the White House’s flavor ban remains to be seen, but it is time to adapt.Read More