Roger Bate on Unapproved THR Products
ICLE Nonresident Scholar Roger Bate was cited by The Business Post in a story about his recent issue brief looking at the problem of unapproved vaping products on the market. You can read the full piece here.
A new paper by Roger Bate, a nonresident scholar at the International Center for Law and Economics (ICLE), has raised the alarm over the safety and quality of unapproved tobacco harm reduction (THR) products in the US market.
Published by ICLE, the paper highlights a troubling gap between regulatory policies and market realities, which could put consumers at risk, read a press release.
The ICLE is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that promotes the use of law and economics to inform public policy. Its goal is to advance data-driven solutions for efficient policies that promote consumer welfare and economic growth.
Bate’s research, conducted at 14 gas stations in the Philadelphia suburbs, found that over 99% of the THR products on sale were either illegal or operating in a legal grey area.