[DannyTN]

Doesn't sound all that draconian to me....

• prohibiting sales to minors
• requiring health labels that warn users that nicotine is an addictive chemical,
• register their products with the agency
• disclose ingredients.
• would not be allowed to claim their products are safer than other tobacco products.
• They also couldn't use words such as "light" or "mild" to describe their products,
• couldn't give out free samples or sell their products in vending machines unless they are in a place open only to adults, such as a bar.
• Companies also will be required to submit applications for premarket review within two years.
• The FDA said it will allow the products to stay on the market while they are being reviewed.

[JRandomFreeper]

Except that congress has no constitutional authority to regulate food or drugs. That's the draconian part, an out-of-control government.

/johnny

[Gabz]

requiring health labels that warn users that nicotine is an addictive chemical,

Not all of them contain any nicotine. Is Johnson & Johnson and the rest of big pharma (they are behind the push for all this regulation)required to put such a warning on their "nicotine delivery devices?"

How about caffeine, it's an addictive chemical, and one which is regularly sold to minors - should coffee and sodas have warning labels and age restrictions?

[Eric Blair 2084]

I think this is great news and a win for people and public health. The FDA basically did nothing.

Much like the Keystone pipeline, they just punted.