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Last January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had acted "arbitrarily and capriciously," in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, when it refused to allow the marketing of flavored nicotine e-liquids made by two companies. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review that decision. The case highlights the maddeningly unfair process by which the FDA enforced its judgment that vaping products in flavors other than tobacco and menthol are ipso facto intolerable, even though former smokers prefer those options. "Over sev...
Reason
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which until Friday had approved only tobacco-flavored nicotine vaping products, has now officially allowed the sale of menthol-flavored NJOY Daily disposable e-cigarettes and menthol-flavored pods for the previously authorized NJOY Ace device "after extensive scientific review." The decision reflects the FDA's preference for closed, nonrefillable "electronic nicotine delivery systems" (ENDS) and its aversion to letting former smokers buy the flavors they prefer, both of which sacrifice the interests of adult consumers in the name of preventing underage u...
Reason
In recent years, Massachusetts, New York, California, and Washington, D.C., have all implemented bans on flavored tobacco products in an attempt to reduce smoking rates among younger populations. Despite these bans, flavored tobacco products are still easily accessible—and it's never been more apparent. Walk into the nearest convenience store and you'll likely find an assortment of flavored tobacco products to choose from—strawberry banana, blue raspberry, spearmint, black cherry. Whether or not your city or state bans these products, they'll likely be fully stocked and at your disposal. In 20...
Reason
Since March of last year, the Australian state of Victoria has been rocked by a series of arsons and firebombings. Some of the targets are victims of extortion; others are caught in an escalating turf war between rival gangs. Two men with links to organized crime have been publicly murdered, one in a broad-daylight shooting at a shopping mall in a Melbourne suburb. Violent conflict is not unexpected in organized crime, but what is unusual is the drug at the center of this conflict: nicotine. This tobacco turf war has been widely covered in Australian media but generally ignored elsewhere. In i...
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Washington (AFP) - E-cigarette sales in the United States spiked between 2020 and 2022, especially among flavors that appeal to youth users, according to a study from health authorities released Thursday. Overall e-cigarette monthly unit sales went up nearly 47 percent from the start of 2020 to the end of 2022, a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found. In January 2020, right before the Covid-19 pandemic reached the United States, 15.5 million e-cigarettes were sold, while 22.7 million units were sold in December 2022, the study said. The hike was especially prono...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it was ordering all products produced by Juul Labs off the market after finding the vaping giant had failed to address certain safety concerns. The decision, which Juul said it would appeal, clears the way for rival brands to increase their share of the market it once dominated. It is also a blow for tobacco giant Altria, maker of Marlboro cigarettes, which acquired a 35 stake in Juul in 2018 to diversify its business strategy in the face of falling smoking rates. "Today's action is further progress on the FDA's commitment...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - The US Food and Drug Administration on Thursday said it was ordering all vaping products produced by Juul Labs off the market after finding the former industry leader had failed to address certain safety concerns. The decision clears the way for rival brands to increase their share of the market, which Juul once dominated. "Today's action is further progress on the FDA's commitment to ensuring that all e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system products currently being marketed to consumers meet our public health standards," said FDA Commissioner Robert Califf in a ...
AFP
New York (AFP) - US health authorities are expected to order Juul Labs to stop selling e-cigarettes in the world's biggest economy, the Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The announcement, which could come as early as Wednesday, follows a two-year review of data presented in connection with Juul's application to sell tobacco- and menthol-flavored products in the United States, said the newspaper, which cited anonymous sources. Juul did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The FDA also did not respond to a query. Juul has come under fire over its marketing of fruit and candy ...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - More than two million American middle and high schoolers reported they were vapers in 2021, with eight in ten using flavored e-cigarettes, a government report said Thursday as the US regulator neared a key decision on the future of the industry. The latest figure for youth vapers represents a decline from 3.6 million in 2020, but that could be at least partly driven by socialization restrictions and access to vaping products during the Covid pandemic. The report's authors also said that because the more than 20,000 surveys they sent out between January and May were filled i...
AFP
Washington (AFP) - The number of American middle and high schoolers using e-cigarettes declined dramatically in 2020 compared to last year, an official report showed Wednesday.The drop came after a large outbreak of e-cigarette linked lung disease last year, and after the US government made legal changes to curb youth vaping.About 3.6 million young people in the US were current (in the past 30 days) e-cigarette users in 2020, down from 5.4 million in 2019, according to the National Youth Tobacco Survey."Although the decline in e-cigarette use among our Nation's youth is a notable public health...
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