The head of the agency that regulates tobacco products says the federal government should have 'acted sooner' on e-cigarettes.
The head of the agency that regulates tobacco products said Wednesday during questioning on Capitol Hill that the federal government should have acted sooner on e-cigarettes.
But, Sharpless said, the agency has accelerated its timeline and will be working to review applications from e-cigarette companies and which current products may require limitations.Dr. Anne Schuchat, principal deputy director at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said the CDC has been warning that young people were attracted to e-cigarettes since 2013.
The FDA, which regulates tobacco, said many current e-cigarette products are on the market illegally because they haven't been approved by the agency as a product with public health benefits. That requirement was added to electronic tobacco products in 2016, but it wasn't immediately enforced. The FDA and agencies like the Federal Trade Commission have been investigating e-cigarette companies like Juul and whether they have been illegally advertising their products to minors.
"To the extent those products are being reviewed and regulated, it generally occurs at the state level," he said during his testimony.
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