“Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Economic and Consumer Policy, sent a letter urging the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use its authority to clear the market of e-cigarettes for the duration of the coronavirus pandemic and use all available tools to encourage Americans to stop smoking and vaping.
The Subcommittee asked FDA to take the following steps for the duration of the coronavirus crisis:
- use all available tools to encourage Americans to stop smoking combustible cigarettes and using e-cigarettes;
- suspend all approvals of Premarket Tobacco Product Applications; and
- commit to immediately clearing the market of all e-cigarettes by prioritizing enforcement against them.”
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Subcommittee Chairman Demands FDA Clear Market of E-Cigarettes Amid Coronavirus Pandemic