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The agency has not acted on [PMTA] applications for menthol-flavored vapes, suggesting to some experts that the agency doesn’t want to pull menthol e-cigarettes from the market while menthol cigarettes are still available; such a move could backfire by driving menthol vapers to more harmful cigarettes.
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb ran into the same issue during his tenure, when he took a hard stance against youth vaping and unsuccessfully tried to push for a menthol ban.
“We didn't want to create a marketplace where an adult smoker goes into the store and could buy a mentholated cigarette but couldn't buy a mentholated e-cigarette,” Gottlieb told POLITICO. “I wanted them to be parity between e-cigarettes and cigarettes, so we can still use them as tools to try to migrate those smokers off … tobacco.”
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Tobacco lawsuits could upend Biden's plan for historic menthol ban
Very Curious to see How a Califf lead FDA will navigate this entire Menthol Morass.
The agency has not acted on [PMTA] applications for menthol-flavored vapes, suggesting to some experts that the agency doesn’t want to pull menthol e-cigarettes from the market while menthol cigarettes are still available; such a move could backfire by driving menthol vapers to more harmful cigarettes.
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb ran into the same issue during his tenure, when he took a hard stance against youth vaping and unsuccessfully tried to push for a menthol ban.
“We didn't want to create a marketplace where an adult smoker goes into the store and could buy a mentholated cigarette but couldn't buy a mentholated e-cigarette,” Gottlieb told POLITICO. “I wanted them to be parity between e-cigarettes and cigarettes, so we can still use them as tools to try to migrate those smokers off … tobacco.”
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Tobacco lawsuits could upend Biden's plan for historic menthol ban
Very Curious to see How a Califf lead FDA will navigate this entire Menthol Morass.
