Not less than $200,000,000 of tobacco fees for enforcement against illegal vapes
What the document says“not less than $200,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems”
Section 772 of division B directs part of the agency's tobacco fee money to enforcement against vapes, of which not less than $2,000,000 goes to a task force led by the Department of Justice, the Department of Homeland Security and the agency itself. The section also requires the January 2020 enforcement priorities document to be updated within a year to cover flavored disposable products, requires a semiannual report to the Appropriations Committees, and amends section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to add tobacco products.
What the document actually says“not less than $200,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems”
At least two hundred million dollars must go to stop the sale of vapes that break the rules.
Firms pay fees when the FDA looks at a tobacco item. A big share of those fees must now be spent chasing bad vapes.
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