STAND.
COM. REP. NO. 1270
Honolulu, Hawaii
, 2021
RE: H.C.R. No. 80
Honorable Scott K. Saiki
Speaker, House of Representatives
Thirty-First State Legislature
Regular Session of 2021
State of Hawaii
Sir:
Your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness, to which was referred H.C.R. No. 80 entitled:
"HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION TO PROMOTE TRANSPARENCY AND ENFORCEMENT BY IMMEDIATELY PUBLISHING PREMARKET TOBACCO PRODUCT APPLICATIONS,"
begs leave to report as follows:
The
purpose of this measure is to
request the United States Food and Drug Administration promote transparency and
enforcement by immediately publishing Premarket Tobacco Product Applications.
Your Committee received
testimony in support of this measure from the Hawaii COPD Coalition, Coalition
for a Tobacco-Free Hawai‘i, and
two individuals. Your Committee received
comments on this measure from the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs
and Department of Health.
Your Committee finds that e-cigarettes
and electronic nicotine delivery systems are aggressively marketed to
vulnerable youth users. Your Committee
further finds that the Food and Drug Administration required all sellers and
manufacturers of new tobacco products, including e-cigarettes and electronic
nicotine delivery systems, to submit a Premarket Tobacco Product Application by
September 9, 2020. However, your
Committee finds that, to date, only three separate entities have successfully
received marketing orders since 2015, leaving a gap between current federally
approved e-cigarette sellers and non-compliant sellers or non-applicants. Furthermore, to date, no e-cigarette or
electronic nicotine delivery system product has been approved by the Food and
Drug Administration through its six-stage process of Premarket Tobacco Product
Marketing Application review.
As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of H.C.R. No. 80 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Consumer Protection & Commerce.
Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Health, Human Services, & Homelessness,
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____________________________ RYAN I. YAMANE, Chair |
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