The Senate voted 68-31 Thursday evening to pass the omnibus spending bill that includes a rider granting the FDA authority over synthetic nicotine.
The bill was passed Wednesday by the House, and will now go to President Biden to be signed into law.
The $1.5 trillion spending bill funds major parts of the government through September (the end of the 2022 fiscal year), and also appropriates $13.6 billion for aid to Ukraine. Like most such bills, it is loaded with senators’ pet projects and completely unrelated legislation—like the nicotine law.
The language in the bill will make products that use synthetic nicotine (and all forms of nicotine) subject to the same FDA rules as tobacco-derived nicotine products. The nicotine rider received no hearings or debate in either the Senate or House. The law is based on language from a House bill introduced last December, which also was not debated.
Jim McDonald – Vaping360 – 2022-03-11.
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