Document ID: FDA-2014-N-1936-0001
Agency: fda
Document Type: Notice
Title: Establishment of a Public Docket; Electronic Cigarettes and the Public Health Workshop
Posted Date: 2014-12-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 2, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 71437]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-28261]

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Food and Drug Administration

[Docket No. FDA-2014-N-1936]

Establishment of a Public Docket; Electronic Cigarettes and the 
Public Health Workshop

AGENCY: Food and Drug Administration, HHS.

ACTION: Notice; establishment of docket; request for data, information, 
and comments.

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SUMMARY: The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Center for Tobacco 
Products, is establishing a public docket in conjunction with the first 
public workshop to gather scientific information about electronic 
cigarettes (e-cigarettes) as announced in Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0001-
0079. Regardless of attendance at the public workshop, interested 
parties are invited to submit comments, supported by research and data, 
regarding electronic cigarettes and the public health.

DATES: Submit written or electronic comments by April 15, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Submit electronic comments to http://www.regulations.gov. 
Submit written comments to the Division of Dockets Management (HFA-
305), Food and Drug Administration, 5630 Fishers Lane, Rm. 1061, 
Rockville, MD 20852. Identify comments with the docket number found in 
brackets in the heading of this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caryn Cohen, Office of Science, Center 
for Tobacco Products, Food and Drug Administration, Document Control 
Center, Bldg. 71, Rm. G335, 10903 New Hampshire Ave., Silver Spring, MD 
20993-0002, 1-877-287-1373, email: workshop.CTPOS@fda.hhs.gov.

I. Background

    On September 17, 2014, FDA announced a public workshop to gather 
information about e-cigarettes and the public health (Electronic 
Cigarettes and the Public Health; Public Workshop; 79 FR 55815, 
September 17, 2014, Docket No. FDA-2014-N-0001). The focus of the 
workshop is product science (specifically device designs and 
characteristics, and e-liquid and aerosol constituents), product 
packaging, constituent labeling, and environmental impact. FDA intends 
to follow the first workshop with two additional e-cigarette workshops; 
one on individual health effects and one on population health effects. 
As stated in the Federal Register notice of the public workshop, the 
workshops are not intended to inform the Agency's deeming rulemaking. 
The workshops are intended to better inform FDA about these products. 
Should the Agency move forward as proposed to regulate e-cigarettes, 
additional information about the products would assist the Agency in 
carrying out its responsibilities under the law.

II. Submission of Comments

    Regardless of attendance at the public workshop, interested parties 
are invited to submit comments, supported by research and data, 
regarding e-cigarettes and the public health. Information related to 
workshop presentations and discussion topics, including specific 
questions to be addressed at the workshop, can be found at http://www.fda.gov/TobaccoProducts/NewsEvents/ucm238308.htm.
    Interested persons may submit either electronic comments to this 
docket at http://www.regulations.gov or written comments to the 
Division of Dockets Management (see ADDRESSES). It is only necessary to 
send one set of comments. Identify comments with the docket number 
found in brackets in the heading of this document. Received comments 
may be seen in the Division of Dockets Management between 9 a.m. and 4 
p.m., Monday through Friday, and will be posted to the docket at http://www.regulations.gov.

    Dated: November 25, 2014.
Leslie Kux,
Associate Commissioner for Policy.
[FR Doc. 2014-28261 Filed 12-1-14; 8:45 am]
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