Topic
Electronic Cigarettes
335 published works
Tobacco Law Blog
Should Vapers be Subject to Higher Insurance Premiums Applicable to “Smokers” and “Tobacco Users”?
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the “Affordable Care Act”) (also known as “ObamaCare”), which became law in 2010, health insurance companies may charge smokers and tobacco users…
Tobacco Law Blog
Maryland Attorney General Questions E-Cigarette Companies
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
Last week, Maryland Attorney General Douglas Gansler wrote to ten e-cigarette companies raising issues regarding potential nicotine poisoning and purported marketing to minors. His letter asked the companies to identify…
Tobacco Law Blog
Takeaways from the Vapor World Expo
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
Earlier this week, the Troutman Sanders tobacco team attended the Vapor World Expo, a trade show for e-cigarettes and vapor products. Along with Bonnie Herzog of Wells Fargo Securities, Bryan…
Tobacco Law Blog
Testing E-Cigarettes
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
The FDA's proposed deeming regulations call for testing of harmful and potentially harmful constituents in electronic cigarettes. Those requirements would not be triggered until three years after the regulations become…
Tobacco Law Blog
Troutman Sanders Tobacco Practice Publishes Article in Smokeshop Magazine on Litigation Over E-Cigarette Marketing
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
An article by the Troutman Sanders tobacco practice appears in the April issue of Smokeshop Magazine. The article, titled “E-Cigarette Marketing: Misleading or Puffery?,” discusses lawsuits filed by plaintiff’s attorneys…
Virgin Islands Law Blog
U.S. Virgin Islands Ban on E-Cigarettes for Minors: Are They Really Dangerous?
By Tom Bolt
A recent bill put forth in the U.S. Virgin Islands legislature would make it illegal to sell e-cigarettes and nicotine vaporizers to minors. The bill also bans other alternative tobacco…
Food, Drug & Agriculture
LXBN TV: FDA Takes Major Step Towards Regulating E-Cigarettes
Believe it or not, electronic cigarettes are not currently regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Though, that will likely end very soon as the FDA has "deemed" the products…
Health Law Prof Blog
FDA Regulation of E-Cigarettes—A Gateway to Teaching Administrative Law
It’s likely that most readers of this blog already know that the FDA just announced its intent to extend its regulatory powers to E-Cigarettes. E-Cigarettes have proven to be a…
Tobacco Law Blog
The FDA’s New Deeming Regulations– Preliminary Observations — Electronic Cigarettes
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
FDA’s proposed deeming regulation issued earlier today would cover a variety of products that meet the statutory definition of a “tobacco product,” including electronic cigarettes, cigars and pipe tobacco. This…
Tobacco Law Blog
The FDA’s New Deeming Regulations — Preliminary Observations — Premarket Review / Substantial Equivalence
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
The FDA's proposed deeming regulations issued earlier today purport to contain a number of relatively modest proposals for regulation of the newly "deemed" products -- generally e-cigarettes, cigars and pipe…