FDA Takes Action to Block Vape Products

According to an article by Medscape, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the removal of millions of e-cigarette products from the public market late last week. The administration had over 6 million pending applications requesting the approval of new tobacco products including e-cigarettes and liquid vape. Within the last year, the administration reviewed 93% of the applications and “rejected more than 946,000 flavored vape products ‘because their applications lacked sufficient evidence that they have a benefit to adult smokers sufficient to overcome the public health threat posed by the well-documented, alarming levels of youth use of such products.'”

The agency is still reviewing products sold by “leading retailers such as Juul, the country’s largest e-cigarette maker,” citing the need for more time to “‘ensure that [they] continue taking appropriate action to protect our nation’s youth from the dangers of all tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, which remain the most commonly used tobacco product by youth in the United States.'”

The FDA has not given official approval to any e-cigarette product, meaning all e-cigarette products on the market are technically illegal. Read more »