Public Comment Period on FDA Proposed Menthol Ban Closes July 5.
Thursday, June 16, 2022
Posted by: Natalia Gromov
On April 28, 2022, the Food
and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it has issued proposed rules to
prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and prohibit all
characterizing flavors (including menthol) in cigars.
FDA provided more background about these proposed rules in a fact
sheet, and has a web
page explaining how the public can submit comments and participate in two
listening sessions in June. The Virtual Listening Sessions entitled “Proposed
Regulations to Establish Tobacco Product Standards for Menthol in Cigarettes
and Characterizing Flavors in Cigars: Listening Sessions” will be held on
June 13th and June 15th.
Comment Period Open Date:
May 4, 2022
Comment Period End Date: July
5, 2022
Although FDA has granted requests to briefly extend (e.g., 30 days) comment
periods in the past, the public health community should not assume this will
happen and should plan on July 5th as the deadline, unless it
receives additional information from FDA.
The Public Health Law Center is a resource that recipients can use to receive
technical assistance on submitting written comments. They should contact
Desmond Jenson (Desmond.Jenson@mitchellhamline.edu)
with a cc: to Mark Meaney (mark.meaney@mitchellhamline.edu).
Recipients do not need to review or build off past submissions; the links to
past dockets are included here in case it is helpful for recipients to
familiarize themselves with the scope and range of comments that tend to be
submitted.
Past docket submissions from the 2013
Menthol in Cigarettes,
Tobacco Products Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking can be
accessed here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2013-N-0521-0001/comment
Past docket submissions from the 2018
Regulation of Flavors in Tobacco Products Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking
can be accessed here: https://www.regulations.gov/document/FDA-2017-N-6565-0001/comment
Proposed FDA Rules
Regarding Menthol and Cigars
Find information about the proposed rules and how to comment, as well as
information about the FDA’s June listening sessions regarding the proposed
rules, see the FDA news release:
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-proposes-rules-prohibiting-menthol-cigarettes-and-flavored-cigars-prevent-youth-initiation
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