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Alarmingly, Florida is now ground zero for the sale of these illegal products. With enticing flavors designed to attract youth, Chinese-made disposables account for a whopping 58% of all vape ...
Over the past few years, Florida has unfortunately become the nation’s leader in illegal vapes. Lack of federal enforcement and confusion in the marketplace opened the floodgates for illegal ...
All other places covered by the state's smoking regulations, including bars and restaurants, are entirely exempt and may permit vaping if they choose. Local governments may regulate vaping more stringently than the state, so long as it's to have smoke-free laws that address the provision of vaping alongside all smoke-free areas.
The problem is the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) failure to enforce regulations.
The agency has approved some tobacco-flavored vapes, and recently allowed its first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers. The block on sweet vapes, combined with stepped up enforcement, has helped drive down youth nicotine use to its lowest level in a decade, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids said. 12/02/2024 07:04 -0500
The FDA was slow to regulate the now multibillion-dollar vaping market, and even years into the crackdown flavored vapes that are technically illegal nevertheless remain widely available. The agency says the vaping companies were denied because they couldn't show flavored vapes had a net public benefit, as laid out in the law.
Therapeutic vapes with a nicotine concentration of 20 mg/mL or less are available from a pharmacy to anyone 18 years or older subject to a pharmacists approval. Therapeutic vapes with a nicotine concentration greater than 20 mg/mL or for anyone under 18 require a prescription. [168] Australia is developing regulations on e-cigarettes. [169]
The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments about the federal regulation of flavored e-cigarettes, in a case pitting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) against two vaping companies. Justices ...