President Signs Bill Requiring Child-Resistant Packaging

On January 28th, 2016, the president signed into law the Child Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Act of 2015. This legislation requires that  "the packaging of liquid nicotine containers for use in electronic cigarettes to be subject to existing child poisoning prevention packaging standards."

In other words, childproof caps for e-juice are now Federal law. The Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA), of which Velvet Vapors is a member, supports this law.

I think this is truly great news, as we wait with baited breath for the FDA's proposed deeming regulations to be reviewed by the White House Office of Management and Budget. The proposals they gave to the White House could effectively shut down the vape industry as we know it and put all the power back in the hands of Big Tobacco. 

Instead, we just got a tremendous ray of hope. If Obama is signing legislation that is needed in the industry that does not cause a major ripple effect, then perhaps the OMB is leaning towards us, rather than the companies like RJ Reynolds, that made $4.6B in profits last year selling analog cigarettes.