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FDA Issues Notice on Regulation of Other Tobacco Products
The Food and Drug Administration has released its annual Regulatory Agenda, which states that the agency intends to issue a proposed rule to regulate other tobacco products under the terms of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.
Currently, the FDA regulates cigarettes, roll-your-own tobacco and smokeless tobacco products. The other tobacco products that the FDA intends to regulate and the extent of the proposed regulations will not be known until the proposed rule is made public.
The Regulatory Agenda states that the FDA should issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) no later than April of 2013. Upon the issuance of the rulemaking proposal, the public will have a period of time to comment on the proposed regulations. A copy of the Regulatory Agenda announcement accompanies this issue of Tobacco E-News.
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FDA should be quick in their actions. The regulations on the tobacco products should be quickly amended. Usually FDA takes whole lot of time in making any drug or consumable good available for people. So regulations in cigarettes and other tobacco products should be clarified quickly. FDA is very slow when it comes to approving generic drug.
Is the Food and Drug Administration deliberately dragging its heels in the authorization process for brand new tobacco products? A recent AP report says yes. Tobacco businesses are saying the delay is unnecessary. Cigarettes are virtually the same as always, company executives say. But some watchdogs are also crying foul because most of those goods are already on the industry, regardless of the incomplete review process.