FDA Seeks Public Input on Research, Strategies to Help Addicted Kids Quit Using E-cigarettes.

On Nov. 2, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., issued a statement on the agency’s concern with rising numbers of youth becoming addicted to e-cigarettes and the current lack of adequate research or approved treatments to help kids quit using e-cigarettes or other tobacco products.
 
To help address these issues, the agency will hold a public hearing at the FDA White Oak Campus on Dec. 5 to hear public perspectives on the available scientific evidence related to drug therapies for e-cigarette cessation as it relates to youth users and how the FDA may support further research in this area. Individuals interested in presenting at the hearing must register by Nov. 23, 2018. Those interested in attending the hearing in person or watching the free, live webcast must register by Dec. 3, 2018. 

Regardless of attendance at the public hearing, interested parties may also submit a public comment to docket FDA-2018-N-3952 starting Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, through Jan. 2, 2019. Further information, including instructions for presenters, is included in the Federal Register notice.