The FDA can now regulate all forms of nicotine, closing a vaping loophole.
WASHINGTON -- A loophole that vaping companies have used to circumvent regulators and keep their products on shelves closed this week, enabling the US Food and Drug Administration to go after myriad products being marketed illegally and in a variety of flavors,In order to avoid FDA oversight, companies have been making synthetic nicotine in the lab -- and not derived from tobacco and thus within the agency's purview.
Companies that make these products must also register them with the agency and submit a"premarket application" by May 14 in order to stay on the market legally. This review includes looking at their marketing and youth uptake, for example.
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