[Oberon]

Did Congress pass this law, or did FDA just decide to make up a new regulation?

[Moonman62]

Did Congress pass this law, or did FDA just decide to make up a new regulation?

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According to the article the law was passed in 2009. The FDA is just now putting it into force.

[Jacquerie]

<>Until now, e-cigarettes and other alternative tobacco products have gone unregulated by the FDA, despite a 2009 law that granted the agency the authority to govern any tobacco sold in the United States.<>

Oh, a government was assigned the power to make law. How convenient . . . and unconstitutional.