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FDA Expected to Ban Most Flavored E-Cigarette Pods

posted by martyb on Thursday January 02 2020, @09:48AM   Printer-friendly
from the stock-up-now? dept.

upstart writes in with an IRC submission for Cascade:

FDA expected to ban most flavored e-cigarette pods:

All flavored e-cigarette pods except menthol and tobacco are expected to be banned by the Food and Drug Administration, which could announce the plans this week, according to the Wall Street Journal and [The] New York Times.

The flavored pod ban would be a step back from the nearly complete flavored vape ban the Trump administration initially floated back in September, as lung injuries from vaping were on the rise. There are two notable changes: menthol flavoring would be allowed, in addition to tobacco; and the flavor ban would only be applied to pods — flavored nicotine liquids could still be sold for open tank systems, according to the reports.

The ban is meant to curb the rise in teenage vaping. Because open systems are seen as less popular among teens, the administration is focusing on pods — like those used by Juul — which are believed to be driving teen usage. The exemption is also a response to some odd political pushback: after the initial call for a broad flavor ban, vaping groups claimed that such a ban would hurt President Trump electorally in 2020. The messaging apparently worked.

[...]   Juul has already stopped selling all flavored pods except menthol and tobacco in anticipation of the ban, but the ban would still cut out flavored pods from competitors, like Njoy, which offers watermelon and blueberry nicotine pods.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by looorg on Thursday January 02 2020, @11:36AM (4 children)

    by looorg (578) on Thursday January 02 2020, @11:36AM (#938551)

    I never really saw the point of vaping, or smoking, but still it seems somewhat odd to ban vaping cause it might cause lung damage but still keep smoking legal -- or even more odd that two flavors (if one can even call it that) are still allowed (menthol and tobacco). Those are not harmful to the lungs or?

    If it's meant to curb the usage among kids I once again have to wonder why smoking tobacco is still allowed then? Historical reasons? Cultural? Most of the smokers I see are young girls and old women, but then I live in snus (I'm unsure if the rest of the world call it that or snuff or something but nevermind) country so that is the more male version.

    So what will all the cool hipster people suck on now then? Or are they all going on the flavored nicotine patch to try and kick their sucking habit?

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 02 2020, @12:22PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday January 02 2020, @12:22PM (#938561)

    If it's meant to curb the usage among kids I once again have to wonder why smoking tobacco is still allowed then? Historical reasons? Cultural?

    A legal settlement (Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement) that means the US Government gets a percentage of the profit from cigarette sales?

  • (Score: 3, Interesting) by aim on Thursday January 02 2020, @12:32PM

    by aim (6322) on Thursday January 02 2020, @12:32PM (#938565)

    Possibly hipsters will start a new pipe smoking trend. The beard is back with all the tooling, maybe we'll see more "Captain Haddock" types then - including Rum or Whisk(e)y.