We knew it was coming….We all Did.
Why is the FDA Racing to End Vaping all of a sudden?
The war has been waging since the FDA announced their Deeming Regs and put them into effect in August 2016. The industry is now at a pivotal point as recent actions are proving what we all thought to be true from the beginning.
MONEY IS IN THE MEDICINE: NOT THE CURE.
Here is where the Industry Stands; and WE Need Your Help
You are receiving this email because you believed in a fight against the Over Regulation by the Federal Government and their Nefarious disregard to public health by ending an industry that has proven with its over 9 million users that it is truly a less harmful solution.
Recently we have seen multiple moves by the FDA that proves their desire to get rid of this industry. It is bad enough we see the attacks of taxation and T21 legislation on state levels, however it does not compare to the statements made by Mr. Gottleib recently:
- Lowering Nicotine Levels in over the counter products (Vapor Products Included)
- Eliminating Flavors down to the necessary flavors (Tobacco and Menthol)
- Swift and soon to come enforcement actions on vapor products, labels, and unregistered products
For 2 years blame has been laid on 2 separate entities as to why the deeming regs were put into place. One side argued it was Big Tobacco, and the other side argues it is Big Pharma. My friends, the proof is now in the pudding that both have been working together on some degree.
The FDA clearly stated just a few days ago, they wanted to allow an ‘open market’ within the vapor industry by moving it the pharmaceutical industry. Open Market? Open?
Could this mean that Big Tobacco will have the open market they always wanted to produce product for Big Pharma? But that would mean only one thing my friends.
Yes, it means ‘by prescription only my friends. But some could argue they can not currently do that with all the pending litigation and lawsuits. This is a true statement. In order for them to do it, something drastic would have to happen.
A lawsuit was recently filed by the American Cancer Society and many other entities that could potentially kill this industry in one clean swipe. If the FDA were to concede or settle with this lawsuit out of court, (many have already stated this lawsuit will be fast tracked), it would in essence return the PMTA process back to August 2018 (and nullify their previous move to 2022). From that point they could ‘move and approve’ the entire vapor industry to what they always wanted, the medical field.
We all know that if this happens, the price of e-liquid and vapor devices (closed system only) will skyrocket considering insurance mandates will cover them (and remember medicaid is a taxpayer funded system).
I truly and sincerely believe the FDA is cornered and didn’t expect such a dog fight with those in this industry. I feel they are cornered and they know it. Yet, they cry that they must ‘save the children’ and are scrambling to do what they originally set out to do.