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A list of the authorized products can be found on the FDA website; Logic Technology Development LLC, N-Joy LLC and R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company (which produces Vuse vapes) were the authorized ...
The rule gives the US FDA authority to regulate e-cigarettes, cigars, and vape pens. The rule also authorizes FDA to take enforcement action against manufacturers who sell and distribute products with unsubstantiated modified risk tobacco product (MRTP) claims.
The FDA over the years has approved only 34 flavored e-cigarette varieties, all tobacco or menthol flavored. The agency maintains that it has not categorically banned flavored e-cigarette products.
As of August 8, 2016, the FDA extended its regulatory power to include e-cigarettes, e-liquid and all related products. [21] Under this ruling the FDA will evaluate certain issues, including ingredients, product features and health risks, as well their appeal to minors and non-users. [22] The FDA rule also bans access to minors. [22]
A dispute over the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's refusal to let two e-cigarette companies sell flavored vape products due to their health risk to youths goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on ...
The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (also known as the FSPTC Act) was signed into law by President Barack Obama on June 22, 2009. This bill changed the scope of tobacco policy in the United States by giving the FDA the ability to regulate tobacco products, similar to how it has regulated food and pharmaceuticals since the passing of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906.
The FDA first began regulating e-cigarettes in August 2016 and it has authorized 27 e-cigarette products for sale in the U.S. to date, including Altria-owned NJOY's menthol vape products.
The FDA was slow to regulate the now multibillion-dollar vaping market, and even years into the crackdown flavored vapes that are technically illegal nevertheless remain widely available. The agency says the vaping companies were denied because they couldn't show flavored vapes had a net public benefit, as laid out in the law.