It would take a long time, if ever, to come into effect…
It could be years before any ban takes effect. But at a briefing Thursday, top FDA officials promised to begin by proposing regulations in the next 12 months. That would start a lengthy process of comment and response before the products could be banned.
There are “very important considerations, starting with legal considerations, about getting this right as we move forward in the rulemaking,” said Mitch Zeller, director of FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products. “It’s really impossible to predict how long it would take to complete the rulemaking.”…