Responding to outcry from tobacco control groups, a bill has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to regulate products made with synthetic nicotine.
The Clarifying Authority Over Nicotine Act, HR 6286, would give the FDA Center for Tobacco Products regulatory authority over consumer products containing nicotine from any source.
The sponsor of the bill, New Jersey Democrat Mikie Sherrill, issued a press release claiming the legislation would close âa loophole allowing bad actors in the vaping industry to evade [FDA] regulations and sell nicotine products targeted at children.â
The bill comes after months of kvetching by tobacco control groups about the supposed switch to synthetic nicotine by c-store bad boys Puff Bar, and later about some small manufacturers reformulating products with synthetic nicotine after receiving Marketing Denial Orders (MDOs) from the FDA.
The bill is co-sponsored by Utah Republican Chris Stewart and Illinois Democrat Raja Krishnamoorthi. Rep. Krishnamoorthi announced last month that he was investigating synthetic nicotine, and had sent letters to Next Generation Labs (maker of Tobacco-Free Nicotine, or TFN) and Puff Bar.
Jim McDonald – Vaping360.com – 2021-12-23.
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