How dissolvable tobacco products are made could determine whether or not they fall under the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration. Star Scientific Inc., a maker of dissolvable tobacco lozenges, announced Wednesday that it received an FDA notice saying that two of its products are not subject to regulations in the federal Food Drug & Cosmetic Act. The determination could open the door for other dissolvable tobacco products, such ... Jump to full article >>

It didn’t get very far, but a bill proposed at the Statehouse Monday raises an issue most of us haven’t heard of — dissolvable tobacco. But Sen. Elliot Werk wants to be proactive and ban the products before they’re even allowed to be sold. The products in question come in the forms of sticks, like toothpicks, and dissolvable chews like mints. They aren’t sold in Idaho yet but they’re being test marketed in Por ... Jump to full article >>