Teenagers have discovered a loophole within the Meals and Drug Administration's ban on most flavored e-cigarettes, The New York Times reported on F
Teenagers have discovered a loophole within the Meals and Drug Administration’s ban on most flavored e-cigarettes, The New York Times reported on Friday.
The Trump administration outlawed the sale of flavors like fruit and mint for e-cigarettes that use refillable cartridges earlier this month. Whereas the coverage targets teen-friendly flavors, it doesn’t embody tobacco and menthol varieties.
The regulation has different exemptions allowed by President Donald Trump, who acquired political pushback after suggesting a federal ban on all flavored e-cigarettes in September. The coverage doesn’t apply to non-refillable gadgets designed to be discarded, which teenagers have shortly taken benefit of, based on the Times.
Teenagers are actually switching from cartridge-based manufacturers like Juul to disposable e-cigarettes equivalent to these made by Puff Bar, the report mentioned. Puff Bar sells flavors like banana ice and watermelon, whereas Juul pulled all of its mint and fruit varieties in 2019.
Juul presently faces litigation regarding the firm’s position within the rise of sweet sixteen vaping and is present process a $1 billion restructuring. Tobacco large Altria, which partially owns Juul, announced yesterday that it took a $4.1 billion hit from its funding within the e-cigarette firm.