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Electronic Cigarettes

335 published works

Tobacco Law Blog October 30, 2011
FDA on the Verge of Asserting Jurisdiction Over Additional Tobacco Products?
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
On October 14th, 2011, Senators Lautenberg (NJ), Blumenthal (CT) and Brown (IL) wrote to FDA Commissioner Hamburg to request FDA's action to regulate additional tobacco products under the Tobacco Control Act.…
Tobacco Law Blog October 15, 2011
Boston Public Health Commission Proposes Restrictions on E-Cigarettes
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
The Boston Public Health Commission has approved proposed rules that would restrict the sale and use of e-cigarettes. The proposed rules would ban the use of e-cigarettes in the workplace,…
Tobacco Law Blog October 11, 2011
Department of Transportation Rule Would Prohibit Use of E-Cigarettes on Airlines
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
The U.S. Department of Transportation has issued a proposed rule to amend its existing airline smoking rule to explicitly ban the use of electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) on all aircraft in…
Tobacco Law Blog October 7, 2011
E-Cigarettes Go Mainstream
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
In the August issue of Smokeshop Magazine, the Troutman Sanders Tobacco Team published an article discussing the path of e-cigarettes to market success and the regulatory challenges currently facing the industry…
Texas Employment Law Update September 26, 2011
Banning E-Cigarettes in the Workplace –an Update.
By Russell Cawyer
One of the most popular posts (i.e., most read) I've written is one I published two years ago on whether employer can or should ban the use of e-cigarettes in the workplace. Some…
Tobacco Law Blog August 30, 2011
“I Want My MTV” … and E-Cigarettes as a Communications Device?
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
The celebrity gift bags distributed at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards, which took place on Friday, August 26, contained electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) manufactured by blu Cigs brand.During the event,…
Tobacco Law Blog August 27, 2011
Local Governments Consider Including E-Cigarettes in Public Smoking Bans
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
A unit of local government in West Virginia, the Wheeling-Ohio County Health Board, is currently holding hearings on whether to ban the use of electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) in certain areas. …
Tobacco Law Blog August 17, 2011
One Article the E-Cigarette Industry Must Read
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
In a July 21, 2011 Perspective article published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the authors challenge the U.S. Food & Drug Administration’s decision to regulate electronic cigarettes as…
Tobacco Law Blog August 13, 2011
TPSAC Evaluates Dissolvables
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
On the heels of FDA's surprising determination that dissolvable tobacco products, such as Star Scientific's Stonewall and Ariva and R.J. Reynolds' Camel "Orbs," are not considered smokeless tobacco products currently…
Tobacco Law Blog August 2, 2011
One Issue Resolved, but Many New Issues Remain
By Troutman Pepper Locke Tobacco Practice
At least one issue is resolved. The Food & Drug Administration (“FDA”) will regulate electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”) as tobacco products and not as drug-delivery devices. Yet, many other issues remain…