FDA Considers Moving Up Enforcement Of E-Cig Premarket Review

FDA is contemplating moving up the enforcement deadlines for premarket review of e-cigarettes in light of what Commissioner Scott Gottlieb declared is an epidemic of e-cigarette use among teenagers. The agency also will update its premarket tobacco product application pathway guidance and develop a policy roadmap to address the trend of youth use of e-cigarettes, Gottlieb announced Wednesday (Sept. 12) along with a slate of sweeping enforcement actions . Despite acknowledging it might be necessary to move the deadlines up...