Source: Richard Craver, WINSTON-SALEM JOURNAL, 7/12/19



A federal judge agreed Friday to give the Food and Drug Administration a 10-month timeline for tobacco manufacturers to apply to meet planned enhanced regulations. Judge Paul Grimm for the District of Maryland ruled that manufacturers have until May 11 to file pre-market applications for electronic cigarettes and cigars. The premarket standard requires the FDA to consider products’ risks and benefits to the population as a whole, including users and non-users.

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