Photo: Varieties of disposable flavored electronic cigarette devices manufactured by EB Design, formerly known as Elf Bar, are displayed at a store in Pinecrest, Fla. Fewer high school students are vaping this year, the government reported Thursday. In a survey, 10% of high school students said they had used electronic cigarettes in the previous month,
Photo: FDA Commissioner Robert M. Califf, M.D. The Food and Drug Administration recently sent a flurry of warning letters targeting small retailers with unapproved vape products on their shelves. But the retailers — many mom-and-pop shops and locally owned convenience stores — say the problem is the FDA’s foot-dragging approach to approving legitimate e-cigarette products
By the end of this year, the Center for Tobacco Products at the Food and Drug Administration will have received $7.6 billion in user fees since its formation in 2009. Yet, it remains challenging to identify even one clear public health benefit the FDA can claim for this money. And there is a strong case
Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban. Juul filed an emergency motion earlier Friday, seeking the temporary hold while it appeals the sales ban. The e-cigarette maker had asked the court to pause what it called an “extraordinary
As the coronavirus pandemic drags on, we’re all concerned for our health. But the latest efforts to crack down on vaping in Massachusetts aren’t delivering the public health benefits their supporters promised — and it’s not hard to see why. While Massachusetts imposes a whopping 75 percent excise tax on the wholesale price of all vaping equipment
Arizona gets an F for its attempts to regulate flavored tobacco products popular among young people and in spending on programs to control and prevent use of tobacco, which still is the No. 1 preventable cause of death in the United States, the American Lung Association says. According to the association’s 20th annual State of Tobacco