Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) sent a letter on Oct. 16 to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) urging the agency to publish a list of electronic nicotine delivery system (ENDS) products for which it has received a premarket tobacco product application (PMTA). Manufacturers of ENDS products were required to submit a PMTA to FDA by Sept. 9, 2020, to remain on the market. Without a publicly available list, retailers – including travel centers – will not know which products are legal for them to sell.
FDA’s Center for Tobacco Policy issued a statement on Aug. 31 indicating the agency plans to publish such a list, but there may be a delay while the agency processes the PMTAs before it is made available.
Sen. Durbin noted in his letter that the deadline had passed more than a month ago, and FDA still has yet to publish a list indicating which products can be sold.
NATSO appreciates Sen. Durbin’s effort to encourage FDA to publish a list of ENDS products for which the agency has received a PMTA and thinks FDA should not conduct enforcement checks until the agency produces such a list.
NATSO in August 2020 joined a letter to FDA urging the agency to publish a list of ENDS products for which it has received a premarket tobacco product application by the Sept. 9, 2020, deadline.
Subscribe to Updates
NATSO provides a breadth of information created to strengthen travel plazas’ ability to meet the needs of the travelling public in an age of disruption. This includes knowledge filled blog posts, articles and publications. If you would like to receive a digest of blog post and articles directly in your inbox, please provide your name, email and the frequency of the updates you want to receive the email digest.
