As expected the PMTA deadline has been delayed leaving the US vaping industry in an even bigger state of turmoil.
Yesterday was the deadline day for all pre market tobacco applications [PMTAs] to be assessed by the Food and Drugs Administration [FDA].
Without one, either under FDA review or approved, NO vape product from mods to e-liquid can be legally sold in America.
The FDA has stated it will be pushing vape products that hold the market share to the front of the queue, and most of those, including JUUL, have links to, or are owned by Big Tobacco…quelle surprise.
PMTA Deadline Delayed – Protecting the Kids…
As the clock ticked down yesterday, industry insiders and vape advocates across the states were constantly refreshing the FDA’s PMTA web page to see what the decision was.
As I suggested in Wednesday’s vape news, the decision was to delay, an anti-climax to say the least.
Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock, M.D said the agency was working on clearing the backlog and crowed they’d already denied 93% of applications and issued close to a million Marketing Denial Orders [MDO].
PMTA Deadline Delayed – What’s Next?Let us wait and see.