While the products can now be legally sold in the U.S., the FDA stressed they are neither safe nor “FDA approved,” and that people who don’t smoke shouldn’t use them.
So they approved it, but didn't. Thanks government.
Why does the FDA have a tobacco center anyway? Isn't there a Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms? The ATF decides which firearms are legal, why can't they do the same for tobacco products? Why does the Food and Drug Administration do it? Why not the USDA? It's an agricultural product after all. Why not the EPA? It pollutes right?
The insane bloat of the federal government is why this country is falling apart.
Your presumption about the ATFs responsibilities are wrong. They are a revenue generating agency spun off from the IRS. Their remit is to manage the collection of taxes payable for those products, including taxes related to National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act regulated weapons, fees related to Federal Firearma Licensees and Special Occupation Tax Licensees. They were created specifically to offfload some of the bloat from the IRS itself.
They then bloated into what they are today.
Why do we have 3 agencies constantly doing each other's work? Why do we need the ATF and FBI to investigate gun crimes? Why do we have the FDA and USDA regulating milk production?
So they approved it, but didn't. Thanks government.
Why does the FDA have a tobacco center anyway? Isn't there a Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms? The ATF decides which firearms are legal, why can't they do the same for tobacco products? Why does the Food and Drug Administration do it? Why not the USDA? It's an agricultural product after all. Why not the EPA? It pollutes right?
The insane bloat of the federal government is why this country is falling apart.
Your presumption about the ATFs responsibilities are wrong. They are a revenue generating agency spun off from the IRS. Their remit is to manage the collection of taxes payable for those products, including taxes related to National Firearms Act and Gun Control Act regulated weapons, fees related to Federal Firearma Licensees and Special Occupation Tax Licensees. They were created specifically to offfload some of the bloat from the IRS itself. They then bloated into what they are today.
That's entirely my point.
Why do we have 3 agencies constantly doing each other's work? Why do we need the ATF and FBI to investigate gun crimes? Why do we have the FDA and USDA regulating milk production?
The bloat is the problem.