{"id":224,"date":"2016-05-06T11:17:14","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tobaccofixtures-cigarettedisplays.com\/blog\/?p=224"},"modified":"2016-05-06T11:20:21","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:20:21","slug":"new-fda-regulations-for-e-cig-cigars-pipe-tobacco-and-hookah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tobaccofixtures-cigarettedisplays.com\/blog\/new-fda-regulations-for-e-cig-cigars-pipe-tobacco-and-hookah\/","title":{"rendered":"New FDA Regulations for E-Cig, Cigars, Pipe Tobacco and Hookah"},"content":{"rendered":"
A\u00a0recent federal ruling extends the FDA\u2019s authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco.<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>\n

Convenience retailers that have waited for federal decision makers to take a firm position on the regulation of electronic cigarettes don\u2019t have to wait any longer.<\/p>\n

In a May 5, 2016 press conference, Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Mathews Burwell and Mitch Zeller, head of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, explained a new U.S. Food and Drug Administration ruling, extending its authority to all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah tobacco and pipe tobacco, among others.<\/p>\n

Under the rule, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration would have to approve all tobacco products not currently regulated that hit stores after February 2007. The FDA also said it will also control the \u201cparts\u201d and \u201ccomponents\u201d of tobacco. For e-cigarettes, that would include e-liquids, atomizers, batteries, flavors, vials that contain e-liquids and programmable software. The rule helps implement the bipartisan Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (TCA) of 2009.<\/p>\n

Counter Arguments<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

A recent survey supported by the FDA and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows current e-cigarette use among high school students has skyrocketed from 1.5% in 2011 to 16% in 2015 (an over 900% increase) and hookah use has risen significantly.<\/p>\n

Burwell said today\u2019s announcement is a response to the growing trend that e-cigarettes have taken a drastic leap among young American consumers.<\/p>\n

Of course, there are plenty of groups in the U.S. that argue that e-cigarettes are an effective counter to cigarettes and provide an effective means for consumers to quit combustible cigarettes and to use nicotine where smoking is prohibited.<\/p>\n

Before today, there was no federal law prohibiting retailers from selling e-cigarettes, hookah tobacco or cigars to people under age 18. Today\u2019s rule changes that with provisions aimed at restricting youth access, which go into effect in 90 days, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n