Manufacturers of newly regulated tobacco products rushed to get new ones onto the market before the 8 August implementation date for the Food and Drug Administration’s deeming rule, Reuters reported.

New products or substantial changes to existing ones introduced from 8 August require FDA approval prior to marketing. Products in the market also require regulatory review, however they are subject to a grace period.
Vaping devices, e-liquids, hookah and pipe tobaccos, cigars and nicotine gels are among product groups the deeming rule added to tobacco products subject to FDA regulation.
“We have attempted to do in 90 days what we usually do in three years, Eric Newman, president of JC Newman Cigar Co, told Reuters. “If it wasn’t so serious, it would be comical to see the hoops we’re going through.”