Tobacco Products and Cancer News and Updates

Links to recent news articles regarding tobacco control policy can be found below:

• Final version of S. 1253/H.R. 3942, the Preventing Online Sales of E-Cigarettes to Children Act was signed into law as part of the FY21 appropriations package, requiring verification of age upon delivery of e-cigarette products purchased online (December 21, 2020)

• The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia stayed the FDA’s rule requiring warning labels on cigars, because the FDA did not considered the impact on smoking cessation when developing the rule. (July 7, 2020)

• The FDA approved the Modified Risk Tobacco Product application for Philip Morris’ IQOS Tobacco Heating system (July 7, 2020)

• The FDA issued a final rule requiring graphic warning labels on all cigarette packages and advertisements (March 17, 2020)

• The FDA finalized enforcement guidance on e-cigarette products, which banned flavored pod-based products, but exempted menthol flavors and disposable products. The rule also requires manufacturers to submit Pre-Market Tobacco product Applications for all e-cigarette products by September 9, 2020. (January 2, 2020)

• The FY20 appropriations package increased the legal minimum age to buy tobacco products from 18 to 21 years. (December 20, 2019)

• CBSNews: Medical professionals in Atlanta discuss vaping hazards (April 1, 2019)
• Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, on advancing new policies aimed at preventing youth access to, and appeal of, flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and cigars (March 13, 2019)
• Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, on new data demonstrating rising youth use of tobacco products and the agency’s ongoing actions to confront the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use (Feb. 11, 2019)
• The AACR Provides Comments on FDA Public Hearing Regarding Eliminating Youth E-Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Use (Feb. 1, 2019)

Data from the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Monitoring the Future survey showed that America’s teens reported a dramatic increase in their use of electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in just a single year, with 37.3 percent of 12th graders reporting use in the past 12 months, compared to 27.8 percent in 2017.