E Cigarettes

PHAI’s Gottlieb Discusses Recent Juul Settlement

On September 6, 2022, attorneys general from 33 states announced a tentative settlement of their joint investigation of the company involving cash payments to the states of $438.5 million over several years. PHAI’s executive director, Mark Gottlieb, discussed the settlement on NBC News NOW the following morning. That short interview can be seen here.

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After FDA’s Menthol Announcement, PHAI’s Gottlieb and Daynard Consider Next Steps

In an op-ed published today in the Boston Globe, a day in which the FDA announced it’s intention to issue regulations to ban menthol cigarettes, PHAI’s executive director and president consider what the next steps in tobacco prevention should be. Gottlieb and Daynard suggest that:

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PHAI’s Gottlieb Comments on FDA Regulations’ Effect on Vaping Industry on All Things Considered

On August 8, 2016, new regulations by the FDA went into effect that have a profound impact on a major segment of the electronic cigarette industry:  vape shops.  The shops that mix flavors for vaping products are now considered to be manufacturers and subject to the same requirements as manufactures owned by the companies that

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PHAI Submits Comments on Proposed Mass AG Regulations for E-Cigarettes

On April 23, 2015,  the  Public Health Advocacy Institute submitted the following written comments concerning proposed regulations for electronic cigarettes issued by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey: April 23, 2015 Amber Villa, Assistant Attorney GeneralConsumer Protection DivisionOffice of the Attorney GeneralOne Ashburton PlaceBoston, MA 02108 Re: Massachusetts Attorney General Proposed Regulations of E-Cigarettes Retail Sales Dear

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PHAI Submits Comments to FDA on Deeming Rule Focusing on E-Cigarettes

Today the Public Health Advocacy Institute submitted comments  to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on its proposed rule to include cigars, little cigars, electronic cigarette products, and tobacco for hookah smoking among the products for which it can legally issues rules and regulations.  This is known as a \”deeming rule.\”  The deeming rule is a

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Sottera, Inc. v. Food & Drug Admin.

In April of 2009, Sottera, Inc., an importer and distributor of electronic cigarettes (“e-cigarettes”), sought a preliminary injunction barring the FDA from denying their products entry into the United States. E-cigarettes are “battery-powered products that allow users to inhale nicotine vapor without fire, smoke, ash, or carbon monoxide.”[1] The nicotine in each e-cigarette is derived

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