As E&C health panel okays Pallone e-cigarette bill . . .

Key Lawmakers Blast FDA For Not Submitting Tobacco User Fee Reports

By Beth Wang / November 13, 2019 at 5:04 PM
The House Energy & Commerce health subcommittee on Wednesday (Nov. 13) sent to the full committee legislation that aims to curb youth e-cigarette use by, among other things, raising the minimum tobacco purchase age to 21 and banning all characterizing flavors. The subcommittee also approved an amendment that would require FDA to provide Congress with annual tobacco user fee reports, as leading lawmakers expressed frustration the agency has not complied with similar requirements already laid out in the Tobacco Control...


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