FDA authorizes first fruit-flavored e-cigarettes in US amid political pressure [View all]
Source: Reuters
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday allowed the marketing of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes in a first authorization of non-tobacco-flavored vaping products, amid mounting political pressure on the agency.
The authorized pods from Los Angeles-based Glas Inc, a small vape maker that uses technology to age-gate its devices, include flavors such as Classic Menthol, Fresh Menthol, Gold and Sapphire, the FDA said.
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Earlier in the day, the Wall Street Journal reported that President Donald Trump over the weekend rebuked FDA Commissioner Marty Makary for not moving quickly enough to approve flavored vapes and nicotine products.
U.S. regulators have avoided granting licenses to vapes, and the FDA has said it would continue to require a heavy burden of evidence of benefits to smokers for vape flavors that also have strong appeal to youth, such as fruit or candy flavors.
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Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/fda-authorizes-first-fruit-flavored-e-cigarettes-us-amid-political-pressure-2026-05-05/
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