The proposal, if approved by Congress, would provide funds to increase Food and Drug Administration oversight of the vaping industry.
A customer exhales vapor from an electronic cigarette. By Laurie McGinley Laurie McGinley Reporter covering health and medicine Email Bio Follow March 11 at 1:54 PM The e-cigarette industry would pay $100 million a year in user fees under the Trump administration budget proposal released Monday. The funds would go to beefed-up regulatory oversight by the Food and Drug Administration.
Overall, the administration is asking for $6.1 billion in FDA funding, a $418.5 million boost over current law. A big chunk, $2.8 billion, involves user fees from the drug, device and other industries, as well as the proposed e-cigarette fee. The budget request includes increases to promote medical-product innovation, food safety and blood-supply safety.
Liz Mair, a strategist for Vapers United, criticized the user-fee proposal. “This is a tax, not a ‘user fee,’" she said."‘User fee’ is lingo that Republicans and conservative Democrats use when they’re about to hike taxes but don’t want to admit that’s what they’re doing.” She added that the government should pursue policies to keep vaping taxes low and to encourage adult smokers to switch to e-cigarettes.
Sen. Jeanne Shaheen welcomed the user-fee proposal, noting it was similar to legislation she recently introduced. “I hope to work with the administration as I rally bipartisan support for my legislation in Congress,” she said. So far, no Republicans have signed on.
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