FDA Chief Scott Gottlieb Says He Has to Restrict E-Cigarettes in Order to Save Them
If the FDA does not try to reduce underage vaping, Gottlieb says in a Reason interview, congressional intervention could wreck the industry.
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Are the FDA's E-Cigarette Restrictions Legal?
The new rules arguably violate the law that gave the agency authority to regulate tobacco products.
The 'Epidemic' of Underage Vaping Does Not Justify the FDA's E-Cigarette Restrictions
The health burden on adults who continue smoking far outweighs the risks for teenagers who vape.
Restricting E-Cigarette Flavors Endangers Public Health
The FDA's decree will make vaping less appealing and less accessible to smokers interested in switching.
Juul Announces Preemptive Restrictions on Its E-Cigarette Flavors
The company's plan to prevent underage vaping, which includes limits on constitutionally protected speech, goes beyond what the FDA is expected to require.
The FDA's Plan to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes From Most Stores Is Unfair and Dangerous
The new rule, aimed at preventing underage consumption, threatens public health by making vaping less appealing and less accessible to adult smokers.
Florida Voters Passed an Initiative That Simultaneously Bans Office Vaping and Offshore Drilling
Amendment 9 bundled two seemingly unrelated prohibitions into one ban-happy ballot initiative.
FDA Is Ready to Restrict E-Cigarettes Based on Data We're Not Allowed to See
Food and Drug Commissioner Scott Gottlieb's claims about an "epidemic" of underage vaping are hard to evaluate without access to the survey results he cites.
New Restrictions on Vaping, Trans Fats, Food Labeling in FDA Commissioner's Agenda: Reason Roundup
On the upside, agency promises to review over-the-counter drug rules, approve more new drugs, and liberate French dressing.
FDA Threatens E-Cigarette Companies With Product Removal
It's just the latest development in the FDA's war on vaping.
E-Cigarettes Are 'the Most Popular Stop Smoking Aid in England'
A new Public Health England report suggests the U.S. has fallen far behind in taking advantage of this harm-reducing alternative.
Dick Durbin Argues That E-Cigarettes Will Cause an Increase in Smoking
The senator's claim is based on some highly implausible assumptions.
New E-Cigarette Restrictions Could Be Lethal
FDA regulations aimed at discouraging underage vaping may also deter smokers from switching.
FDA Threatens to Ban E-Cigarettes If Teenagers Keep Using Them
The agency is willing to sacrifice the lives of adult smokers in the name of preventing adolescent vaping.
Next Round of Tariffs Could Making Vaping More Expensive
By making it harder for smokers to switch to vaping, the Trump administration's tariffs would strike a blow against public health.
Survey of Juul Customers Shows Many Vapers Stop Smoking
In this sample of nearly 19,000, moving from smoking to vaping was much more common than the reverse.
Bans on E-Cigarette Flavors Can't Be Justified by the 'Wildfire Spread' of Adolescent Vaping, Which Seems to Be Declining
Bans like San Francisco's hurt smokers by making the potentially lifesaving switch to vaping less attractive.
Will San Franciscans Vote to Ban Flavored Vaping?
A well-intentioned public health proposal could creation a public health problem by limiting options for smokers who want to quit.
FDA Investigation of Adolescent Juuling Could Endanger Adult Smokers
What if the e-cigarette features that appeal to teenagers also appeal to grownups?
Some California Cities Are Making It Harder to Quit Smoking
Bans of flavored tobacco products end up leaving smokers with few options for kicking the habit, and do little to improve public health.
Relax—You'll Probably Survive Until Tomorrow
Americans have a poor sense of risk, and media panics don't help.
Are Health Advocates Finally Wising Up About the Nature of Risk?
Everything we do entails risk. The question is our tolerance for it.
Nonsensical FDA Ban On Vaping Products Faces 3 New Legal Challenges
FDA took unconstitutional action when it made electronic cigarettes subject to the Tobacco Control Act (even though they contain no tobacco), lawsuits argue.
E-Cigarettes Can Be Lifesavers
An FDA-sponsored report confirms the harm-reducing potential of vaping yet worries, implausibly, that it will boost adolescent smoking.
Adolescent Smoking Rates Reach Historic Lows, Despite Vaping's Popularity
Past-month cigarette use by high school seniors has fallen by 73 percent since 1997.
Connecticut Gov. Malloy Wants 75 Percent Wholesale Tax on E-Cigarettes, Vaping Fluid
Connecticut spent too much money, and now vapers and small businesses have to pay the price.
Fixating on Adolescent Vaping Could Be Deadly for Adult Smokers
A new critique of the surgeon general's report on e-cigarettes puts underage use in perspective.
FDA Lies About Vaping While the CDC Inches Toward the Truth
Federal officials deny big reductions in adolescent tobacco use and obscure the harm-reducing potential of e-cigarettes.
The FDA Warms to Vaping
Embracing harm reduction, the agency's new head tries to make e-cigarette regulations less onerous.
Embracing Harm Reduction, FDA Gives E-Cigarette Industry a Regulatory Reprieve
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb extends a crucial application deadline by four years and promises "a greater awareness" of vaping's health advantages.
New Study Provides Strong Evidence That E-Cigarettes Boost Smoking Cessation
Quit rates rose with e-cigarette sales, and vapers are more likely to stop smoking.
FDA's Vaping Regulations Will Hurt Smokers Trying to Quit
Because lawmakers didn't understand that the future might bring new, better products, we'll soon be stuck with only the old, dirty options.
As Vaping Exploded Among Teenagers, Smoking Fell by Half
Defying its own data, the CDC continues to obscure the enormous harm-reducing potential of e-cigarettes.
Are the Wheels Coming Off Our 20th Century Political Institutions? [Reason Podcast]
Nick Gillespie, Katherine Mangu-Ward, and Matt Welch discuss Comey, Trump, Sessions, and the Rock.
New Jersey Set To Ban Flavored Vaping Fluid, Protecting Kids From Something They Can't Buy Anyway
If you want to vape, it has to taste terrible and cost full price.
Study Confirms Health Advantages of Vaping
Why do U.S. officials insist on obscuring them?
Trump Could, And Should, Save Vaping Industry From FDA's Costly Regulations
New report calls for Trump administration to make it easier for Americans to switch from smoking to vaping.
FDA Says Explaining the Main Advantages of E-Cigarettes Would Confuse Consumers
According to federal regulators, companies that talk about reducing health risks by switching from smoking to vaping are breaking the law.
Vaping Is Not a Gateway to Smoking, New Study Shows
Crack downs on vaping often use the idea of it being a gateway as justification.
National Park Service Will Permanently Ban Vaping Wherever it Bans Smoking
Updating rules to include "the use of electronic cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems" in national parks.
The Year's Best Drug Scares
Killer weed redux, pimple-faced potheads, vapin' in the boys room, Halloween high horror, and a crazy kratom crackdown
Chuck Schumer Redux: Demands Recall of E-Cigarettes, Again…
New York's Senator Buttinsky never misses an opportunity to shut down vice as he defines it.
The FDA Keeps Us Guessing About the Scope of Its E-Cigarette Regulations
Are nicotine-free e-liquids covered? Maybe. What about synthetic nicotine? Dunno.
Adolescent Smoking Falls Again, Confounding E-Cigarette Alarmists
The latest survey results deal another blow to the hypothesis that vaping leads to smoking.
Republicans Should Snuff Out Deadly Tobacco Rules
Deeming rules about vaping that go into effect August 2018 would have several unintended consequences
Is Your State Part of the War on Vaping?
Massachusetts and California lead the way in restricting access and use of e-cigarettes.
