Federal Legislation

Sales of tobacco products to anyone under 21 would be banned under a year-end congressional spending bill likely to pass this week, congressional staffers said… Read More »Congress set to prohibit sales of tobacco products to anyone under 21

Three months after President Donald Trump said that the US Food and Drug Administration would put out “some very strong recommendations” regarding the sale of… Read More »Three months later, the Trump administration’s vaping policy is yet to be seen

Vaping advocates fear the Trump administration will press forward with tight curbs on e-cigarette flavors, after planned meetings between industry groups and White House officials… Read More »Vapers Sweat as White House Scraps Meetings, Weighs Flavor Ban

The vape tax disappeared by the time its mini-budget made it to the House floor. The House Finance Committee sprung an amendment that would tax… Read More »Vaping tax vanishes from modified Senate tax-cut bill

President Donald Trump is poised to nominate Stephen Hahn, a top official at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, to be the next commissioner of… Read More »Trump set to nominate Texas cancer doctor to head FDA

Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal is calling on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to ban vaping products that are concealed as everyday items like smart… Read More »U.S. Senator Blumenthal Calls For Ban On Concealed Vaping Devices