Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty PhotographsThe Food and Drug Administration would take into account proscribing the sale of menthol-flavored va
Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Photographs
The Food and Drug Administration would take into account proscribing the sale of menthol-flavored vaping merchandise if teenagers begin utilizing them because the company strikes to ban most different flavors, an FDA official stated Friday.
Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Middle for Tobacco Merchandise, informed CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that if youngsters begin to “migrate” to menthol-flavored pods, then the federal company will “revisit” its guidelines.
The FDA introduced Thursday it’s banning most fruit- and mint-flavored nicotine vaping products in an effort to curb a surge in teen use. It’s particularly banning cartridge-based nicotine pods like Juul, permitting vape retailers to proceed promoting tank-based flavored nicotine liquids. Firms will nonetheless be capable of promote tobacco and menthol-flavored pods for adults who use them to stop smoking.
Well being and Human Companies Secretary Alex Azar informed reporters Thursday that the FDA’s allowed tobacco and menthol flavors to remain available on the market as a result of they have been “much less interesting” to youngsters.
Based on two studies published in November within the peer-reviewed Journal of the American Medical Affiliation, greater than half of youngsters who vape use Juul e-cigarettes, and its mint pods have been the No. 1 taste favored by highschool youngsters.
However public well being consultants, a few of who’re calling for the elimination of all flavored…