Yesterday, 11 Democratic senators sent a letter to Shaun Donovan, the director of White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) pushing for a quick decision from the agency regarding its review process of the proposed regulations of tobacco products by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA). Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., along with Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn.; Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.; Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio; Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif.; Edward J. Markey, D-Mass.; Jeff Merkley, D-Ore.; Patty Murray, D-Wash.; Jack Reed, D-R.I.; Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., and Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. asked OMB for a quicker decision on the matter and to not move a grandfather date. The letter largely focuses on e-cigarettes, but does mention cigars when it comes to tobacco products with flavors. (For more information about the proposed deeming regulations moving to OMB, click here.) Earlier this week, it became known that OMB had received the finalized proposal from FDA regarding the potential regulation of cigars, e-cigarettes and vapor products, pipes and hookah tobacco. This now means the proposed regulations are in one of their final steps; OMB will review FDA’s finalized proposal and potentially make changes. Once this process is complete, the new rules can be announced in the Federal Register and become law 30 days after that. Officially, OMB’s ...
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