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The FDA bans the sale of 55,000 vaping-related products

2021-08-27T18:50:25.730Z


The FDA announced Thursday that it will block the marketing of 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products as a threat to the health of young people.


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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) blocked the sale of more than 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products on Thursday, marking the first ban on flavored e-cigarette products since which began requiring manufacturers to request a pre-market review last September.

The FDA issued orders banning the marketing of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) products, alleging that they pose a threat to the public health of young people in the United States.

Of the more than 55,000 products affected by the decision, those that are not yet sold cannot be placed on the market, and those that are already on the market must be withdrawn or risk being penalized.

Advocates complained that the measure did not cover big-name products like Juul, but the agency said more decisions are ahead.

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"Ensuring that new tobacco products undergo FDA review is a critical part of our goal to reduce tobacco-related illness and death," said Acting FDA Commissioner Dr. Janet Woodcock .

"We know that flavored tobacco products are very attractive to young people, therefore evaluating the impact of potential or actual use by young people is a critical factor in our decision making about which products can be marketed."

Although e-cigarettes are often marketed as tools to help adults quit smoking, health experts have been warning for years of increasing use among children and teens.

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Sales of e-cigarettes in the United States increased nearly 300% between November 2016 and August 2019, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

Nearly 20% of high school students and nearly 5% of high school students reported using vaping products in 2020, according to research published in JAMA Network Open magazine.

Many point to the sweet flavors and eye-catching packaging of these products as proof that companies know exactly who they are targeting.

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The nicotine-free flavored e-cigarette products affected by Thursday's decision, which include flavors such as Apple Crumble, Dr. Cola and Cinnamon Toast Cereal, are made by three companies: JD Nova Group LLC, Great American Vapes and Vapor Salon. .

Matthew Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, said the decision is a step in the right direction, but it doesn't go far enough.

"The FDA action covers only a fraction of the more than 6.5 million tobacco products for which the FDA has received marketing applications, and does not include any of the e-cigarette brands with significant market share or that are more popular with minors, like Juul, the number one brand among young people, "Myers told CNN in a statement.

The FDA said it is moving through those applications, submitted by 500 companies before the September 2020 deadline to consider new tobacco products to request premarket review.

The agency is tasked with determining whether these products "have sufficient benefit to adult smokers to overcome the threat to public health posed by the alarming and well-documented levels of youth use of such products."

"ENDS flavored products are extremely popular with young people, with more than 80% of e-cigarette users ages 12-17 using one of these products," said Mitch Zeller, director of the Center for Tobacco Products. from the FDA.

"Companies that want to continue to market their flavored ENDS products must have strong and reliable evidence showing that the potential benefit of their products to adult smokers outweighs the known significant risk to youth."

In February 2020, the Trump administration enacted a "flavor ban," stating that the FDA would prioritize enforcement against flavored, cartridge-based vaping products.

Because disposable vapers, some of the so-called e-liquids, and tobacco and menthol flavored products were exempted from the policy, health experts expressed concern that they would simply redirect users to those available products.

"In 2020, more than one million middle and high school students used menthol e-cigarettes, including 44.5% of youth who used flavored pre-filled cartridge products like Juul," Myers said.

The FDA's decision "is not a substitute for a comprehensive action to eliminate all flavored e-cigarettes, including menthol-flavored products that are popular and widely used by minors," he added.

The FDA noted that the scientific review of menthol e-cigarettes, unlike other non-tobacco flavored e-cigarettes, raises "special considerations."

Although menthol products were not included in Thursday's decision, the FDA's evaluation of those applications will consider the same question: Does the benefit for adult users outweigh the risk for young people?

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Source: cnnespanol

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