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FDA banning some Juul and flavoured e-cigarettes from stores
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The FDA will announce plans to ban candy and
fruit-flavored e-cigarettes from certain stores to try to
stop young people from getting addicted. -
The flavors will be banned from convenience stores and
gas stations, but will still be available in vape shops.
Menthol and tobacco flavors will not be banned. -
The FDA Commissioner said in September that “e-cigs
have become an almost ubiquitous — and dangerous — trend among
teens.”
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A study into most popular maker, Juul Labs, found
that a higher portion
of young people aged 15-17 are using the product at least once a month
compared to those aged
25-34.
The US Food and Drug Administration will announce a ban on the
sale of fruit and candy-flavored e-cigarettes from companies like
Juul in convenience stores and gas stations in a bid to stop
young people getting addicted.
The agency also plans to introduce age-verification measures for
online purchases to try to ensure that minors can’t buy the
flavors,
The Washington Post reported.
The planned restrictions will not include vape shops or other
specialty retail stores, and menthol and tabacco will be
exempt from the restrictions.
The FDA will announce the ban next week, officials told
The New York Times,
The Washington Post, and
Reuters.
In an
interview in September, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
said that “e-cigs have become an almost ubiquitous — and
dangerous — trend among teens.”
“The disturbing and accelerating trajectory of use we’re
seeing in youth, and the resulting path to addiction, must end,”
he said. “It’s simply not tolerable.”
Popular e-cigarette startup Juul Labs has faced controversy over
the appeal of its products for minors. The company was
recently valued at $15
billion, and its products amass 70% of the e-cig
market.
A Morgan
Stanley research report published in November found that
about 15% of Juul users weren’t smokers before they started
vaping, and that group tended to be younger than other
vapers.
survey in Octoberfound that a
higher portion of young people aged 15-17 are
using the Juul at least once a
month compared to those aged 25-34.
In September,
Juul Labs said it planned to work with the FDA, and that its
“mission is to improve the lives of adult smokers by providing
them with a true alternative to combustible cigarettes.”
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