The decision comes four years after the Obama-era FDA tried to bar flavors. Conservative groups say a strict ban might affect Trump's reelection.
The Trump administration announced plans on Thursday for a temporary ban on many candy- and fruit-flavored e-cigarettes, retreating from a previous, stricter proposal intended to curb an epidemic of vaping among teens.
But the new ban does not extend to refillable, tank-based vaping systems purchased in most vape shops, which users can fill with flavored e-liquid. It also excludes menthol-flavored cartridges. Together, the two exemptions represent a major retreat from an earlier White House plan to barThe new policy will also leave Juul, the leading e-cigarette among teens, largely untouched.
But public health experts have warned that if menthol vaping products remain permitted, teens using other flavors will simply switch to menthol, and manufacturers will modify or rebrand other flavors to fit the mold., making them nearly as popular as fruity flavors, according to this year’s National Youth Tobacco Survey.Alex Azar, the secretary of Health and Human Services, announced the administration’s intent to limit vaping flavors in September.
The new decision to focus on sweet pre-filled cartridges “creates a giant loophole that benefits Juul — the company that created the youth epidemic — and irresponsible vape shops, and leaves America’s kids at risk,” said Matthew Myers, the president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids.
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