Romper – Michelle Stein
The Trump administration announced Thursday that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) will ban most flavored e-cigarette products that “appeal to children” in an effort to crack down on young people vaping. The move follows an advisory from the Surgeon General that referred to youth e-cigarette use as an “epidemic.” The FDA plans to prohibit the sale of fruit, candy, mint, and dessert flavors from pod-based e-cigarettes — such as Juul — that are popular with teens. Only tobacco and menthol-flavored cartridges will be allowed to be sold. This new policy also doesnot apply to large, tank-based vaping devices, which are mostly sold at vape shops aimed toward adult smokers, The Star Tribune reported. Companies now have 30 days to cease the manufacture, distribution, and sale of products that do not comply with the FDA’s new enforcement actions.