i have a friend who works at a local B&m tell me if the regulations go through as written every ingredient for each juice in each Nic level has to be submitted for approval which would roughly cost this local mom&pop shop a few million dollars to submit all of their juices in each nic level effectively shutting them all down. (6k per ingredient) this stuff is pretty scary. but do any of the new proposed regulations effect people making their own juice at home ? will flavoring producers like Lorann's be forced to comply as well? i planned on making an order for a gallon of VG and lots of flavoring at the end of the month anyway but im curious if anyone has looked into this. I foresee a huge rise in DIY if it is the only part of the industry that is not effected.. thoughts ? 68 days left in the review.
Short answer: nobody knows yet.
Long answer: everything, including nicotine and flavouring is open to being regulated into oblivion under the "intended or expected use in a tobacco product" provisions (emphasis mine). "Expected" is a nice end-run around the classic regulatory loophole long exploited by, say, bong-makers ("This device is intended for use with tobacco") - all the FDA needs to do is argue that something is "expected" to be used in a tobacco product and they can justify including it in the tobacco product regulatory umbrella. Theoretically this could affect anything from flavouring to cotton balls.
The way I see it flavor producers shouldn't be included in this because they are originally for food. We just use them to flavor our ejuice without knowing any of the side effects if there are any. Lorann is oiginally used for baking.
Did the flavoring companies have tobacco flavors before ecigs got popular? RY4 muffins, anybody?