E-Cigarette ‘Deeming’ Rule In OMB Review As Health Groups Urge Claim Enforcement
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA’s proposed final rule to deem e-cigarettes and other novel products, cigars and pipe tobacco subject to its tobacco oversight is under OMB review. The American Cancer Society and other medical groups, meanwhile, urge immediate action against e-cigarette marketers making smoking cessation claims.
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