In a move that is likely to undermine public health, the agency warns that products containing synthetic nicotine "will be subject to FDA enforcement."
The agency's obsession with adolescent vaping is driving decisions that undermine public health.
It’s likely to happen any day now.
The agency ignores downward trends in both kinds of nicotine use and obscures the huge difference in the hazards they pose.
A spending bill provision would redefine "tobacco products" to include products that have nothing to do with tobacco.
The findings reinforce the case for nicotine vaping products as a harm-reducing alternative to cigarettes.
The justices show little interest in vaping regulation on the shadow docket, but may yet review the FDA's behavior in the regular course.
The perverse provision would have discouraged smokers from switching to a far less hazardous source of nicotine.
Vaping regulation gets some attention on the Shadow Docket
An electronic cigarette manufacturer seeks a stay of FDA action from the Supreme Court.
Whatever else the BBB bill will do, this provision is bad for public health and could increase smoking's death toll.
Cigarette sales rose last year for the first time in two decades, while a survey of high school seniors found they were vaping less but smoking more.
If teenagers like an e-liquid flavor, the agency seems to think, adults should not be allowed to buy it.
The agency seems inclined to ban the vaping products that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer because teenagers also like them.
Although Raja Krishnamoorthi says "adults can do what they want," he is determined not to let them.
E-cigarette regulations and taxes threaten an industry that could prevent millions of premature deaths.
House Democrats' proposed excise taxes could double or triple the price of some vaping products.
The plan would make a liar out of Biden on a level reminiscent of George H.W. Bush's betrayal of his "read my lips" tax pledge.
Plus: Vaccine mandates are popular, Texas versus free speech, and more...
The agency's decisions so far reflect a bias against the flavored e-liquids that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer.
Instead of trusting the science, the FDA will treat adults like children.
Undue emphasis on unproven risks to youth may have undermined efforts to control smoking, costing lives in the process.
Government and the media aren't paying attention to the relative benefits of vaping over smoking tobacco.
Legislators cannot have it both ways.
Officials publicly congratulate themselves for protecting teens, but they know that they’re prodding young people to switch to cigarettes.
The pervasive anti-vaping narrative at the beginning of the pandemic had real consequences.
Plus: Debate over critical race theory bans, Oklahoma City takes on major occupational licensing reform, and more...
The law bans mail delivery of vaping products and requires all vendors to comply with burdensome tax reporting rules.
The industry's fate depends on the whims of an agency charged with deciding what is "appropriate for public health."
The study suggests that vaping raises your risk of catching the disease, but only if you stop.
The debate over flavored vapes really is a debate about whether adult smokers will still have access to products that could save their lives.
Feel free to reject the advice of this terrible new book.
If only everybody weren’t stuck in their homes.
The agency's scaremongering about e-cigarettes undermined its credibility on the eve of a true public health crisis.
A study in a state where marijuana is legal confirms the predominant role of cannabis products from illegal sources.
The journal's editors recognized the problem before publication, but the authors failed to address it.
The Journal of the American Heart Association has responded to critics with nothing but boilerplate promises of scientific integrity.
For now, the FDA is targeting the vaping products that are most popular with teenagers. But the industry still faces a potentially devastating regulatory deadline.
In response to intense opposition from vapers and the industry, the Trump administration has recalibrated its plan.
E-cigarettes are under attack, but they are a safer way to consume nicotine than conventional smoking, says Jacob Sullum.
In the panic to ban and regulate electronic cigarettes, media and politicians are ignoring the benefits of vaping.
"There's no question public health would benefit dramatically if everybody switched completely to e-cigarettes."
The black-market additive showed up in lung fluid from 48 of 51 patients with "probable or confirmed" diagnoses.
The government and the press focus on newfangled contraptions instead of drug-related harm.
The Science article is a wake-up call for people who claim to be concerned about smoking-related disease and death.
Despite notable progress in policies regarding pot and psychedelics, the war on drugs always finds new targets.
The agency’s indifference between smoking and vaping is scientifically indefensible.
Although the CDC is now emphasizing the potential hazards of vitamin E acetate, it continues to warn the public about e-cigarettes that don't contain it.