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FDA's e-cigarette authorization: Fruity vapes not significantly better than tobacco ones
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FDA's e-cigarette authorization: Fruity vapes not significantly better than tobacco ones

  • By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
  • Updated

A new memo from U.S. health regulators is raising questions about a recent decision to authorize the first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes for adult smokers. The Food and Drug Administration document posted online this week shows that adding flavors like mango and blueberry didn't help smokers quit when compared with older, tobacco-flavored vapes. The memo provides the first detailed look at how the FDA made its decision to approve the e-cigarettes from a small California vaping company. The decision marked a first for the agency and has been heavily criticized by health groups and lawmakers.

FDA staff blindsided by move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto US market
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FDA staff blindsided by move allowing more e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches onto US market

  • By MATTHEW PERRONE - AP Health Writer
  • Updated

The Associated Press has learned that officials at the Food and Drug Administration were blindsided by a recent policy change allowing more electronic cigarettes and nicotine pouches to hit the U.S. market. Two FDA staffers who spoke under condition of anonymity say some agency officials only learned of the change the night before it was published. The new guideline breaks with longstanding FDA policy requiring nicotine products to undergo scientific review before launching. The staffers say there is confusion within the FDA about how the guidelines were developed. The policy was published days before former FDA Commissioner Marty Makary resigned under pressure from vaping lobbyists.