Coalition for Smarter Regulation
The Coalition for Smarter Regulation of Nicotine was formed with the singular mission to modernize the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products to advance a comprehensive, common-sense approach to regulating nicotine products as intended by the Tobacco Control Act of 2009.
This effort to modernize the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products includes using science-based regulation of legal products to drive down underage use, protect adult consumers, and critically, provide adult consumers access to smoke-free options proven to be less harmful than cigarettes.
The main priorities of the Coalition for Smarter Regulation include:
- Accelerating and streamlining the authorization process to provide adult consumers access to the less harmful smoke-free products they are moving to; and support rather than impede a transformation of the marketplace for the better.
- Educating adult consumers on the benefits of authorized smoke-free options over conventional cigarettes – empowering them with the information to help them make better choices.
- Using the FDA’s most powerful enforcement tools to reverse the tide of illicit vapor, pouch, and other products flooding the U.S. from China and elsewhere – and ensure all industry members are playing by the same rules.
- Utilizing the regulation of legal products to drive down underage use and ensure basic consumer protections for the tens of millions of adult tobacco and nicotine consumers in the U.S. – goals that are too important to leave to illicit markets.
To learn more about the Coalition for Smarter Regulation, visit https://www.regulate-smarter.org.
Questions? Contact Tom Briant (tomb@cdaweb.net; (703) 208-1641),
Kathee Facchiano (kfacchiano@capitoldecisions.com; (202) 638-1950)
or Sarah Herbert (sherbert@capitoldecisions.com; (202) 638-0326).