November 12, 2015

Stanton A. Glantz, PhD

Ecig industry group has FDA deeming rule and guidance; Obama Administration should release it to the rest of us

The deeming rule that the FDA submitted to the Office of Management of Budget was leaked to the Tobacco Vapor Electronic Cigarette Association (tveca.org), together with the FDA guidance document on how the FDA plans to implement the rule,
 
TVECA made the guidance available on its website and I am including a copy here. (It is a 36 MB image, so downloading will take a while).
 
The TVECA has not made the deeming rule available on its website, reportedly because the FDA requested that they not post it on their site or share it with anyone, and they have complied with that request.
 
Given that the rule is in the hands of the industry, the FDA (really the Obama Administration) shold level the playing field and release the rule, as submitted to the OMB, to the public and public health community.
 

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