Under a law taking effect Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine.
U.S. regulators will soon begin cracking down on vaping companies that are taking advantage of a now-closed loophole, including the maker of a line of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes that have become teenagers’ top choice., the Food and Drug Administration can regulate e-cigarettes and similar products that use synthetic nicotine.
The change “allows FDA to protect the public health from the harms of tobacco products, regardless of the source of nicotine,” the agencyPuff Bar did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.The FDA tried to ban flavors years before the vaping outbreak. Top Obama officials rejected the plan
The FDA’s action does not automatically ban Puff Bar and similar products. Instead it brings them under the same regulatory scheme as older e-cigarettes that derived their nicotine from tobacco., chief executive of the Truth Initiative, an advocacy group that runs anti-tobacco ads. “The FDA will have to decide how they want to enforce the law and hopefully they will.”
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