News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Feds announce final e-cigarette rule that nearly bans them. Parent comment

Re:Feds announce final e-cigarette rule that nearly bans them by athenot on Thursday May 05, 2016 @01:38PM (#11638162)
I find it quite a stretch to lump vaping in with food. The FDA regulates food and drugs. And yes, drug makers do have to pay a strong price to get certified. It incombs to the the drug maker to run toxicology tests, not the FDA. The latter just enforces the conformity of those tests to its standards.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Feds announce final e-cigarette rule that nearly bans them by Dylan16807 on Thursday May 05, 2016 @09:18PM (#11641026)
In general, vaping fluid is a couple basic ingredients plus flavors. The basic ingredients should go through drug-level safety testing if they haven't already gone through it. But each recipe on top of that? Very similar to new food recipes.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Feds announce final e-cigarette rule that nearly bans them by athenot on Thursday May 05, 2016 @10:20PM (#11641249)
Or similar to drug combos, which must be certified as such.

Even if the individual drugs have their own certification, mixing them and packaging them together requires a new certification. Now of course, the new cert will rely heavily on the existing docs, so it's not like everything has to be re-proved again, but the interaction & effects thereof are scrutinized a bit more heavily.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Feds announce final e-cigarette rule that nearly bans them by Dylan16807 on Friday May 06, 2016 @12:50PM (#11645136)
It's not mixing and matching drugs. It's taking one single drug and adding flavors. The inactive ingredients do not need the same scrutiny as active ones.
[ Parent | on HN ]