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It has approved some tobacco-flavored vapes, and recently allowed its first menthol-flavored electronic cigarettes for adult smokers after the company provided data showing the product was more ...
The FDA has since approved fewer than three dozen e-cigarette products, most of them tobacco flavored which, the government said, is of low interest to young people. More: Porn sites. Ghost guns.
The agency's inscrutable approach to harm-reducing nicotine products sacrifices consumer choice and public health on the altar of youth protection.
It applies to "all of their products currently marketed in the United States." The FDA has previously authorized other companies to sell vaping products intended for adults, but it cited Juul for targeting its products and advertising specifically to young people. [221] The company said it would appeal and seek a stay of the decisions. [222] [223]
The FDA first began regulating e-cigarettes in August 2016 and it has authorized 27 e-cigarette products for sale in the U.S. to date, including Altria-owned NJOY's menthol vape products.
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 FDA found that the companies, Triton and Vapetasia LLC, failed to offer reliable and robust evidence to overcome the risks of youth addiction and show a benefit to adult smokers.
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (also known as the FSPTC Act) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. This bill changed the scope of tobacco policy in the United States by giving the FDA the ability to regulate tobacco products, similar to how it has regulated food and pharmaceuticals since the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.