(September 4, 2020, 1:36 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of small vapor product manufacturers, retailers and trade associations on Aug. 24 submitted a citizen petition to the Food and Drug Administration asking it to seek a six-month extension to the forthcoming Sept. 9 deadline for premarket tobacco applications (PMTAs) for smaller vape companies because meeting the deadline has become "impossible" due to novel coronavirus-related delays; they say that without an extension, "thousands of employees" will be laid off and many businesses will be closed (Citizen Petition for Extension Of Premarket Tobacco Product Application Filing Deadline Due To The COVID-19 Pandemic, FDA-2020-P-1797, FDA)....