Supreme Court weighs FDA block on kid-friendly flavored vapes - eviltoast

Summary

The Supreme Court is reviewing whether the FDA unlawfully blocked over a million kid-friendly flavored vape products, which critics say fuel youth nicotine addiction.

Despite FDA bans, flavors like fruit and candy dominate illicit vape sales, with 1.6 million minors using such products.

Vape companies argue flavored e-liquids help adult smokers quit, but the FDA counters that their evidence is insufficient to outweigh youth addiction risks.

A lower court sided with the companies, and the Supreme Court’s ruling, expected by June 2025, could reshape vaping regulations.

  • CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee
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    8 hours ago

    I’m curious what they’ll do as well as it was Trump’s FDA that enacted this and decimated the entire industry which is the sole reason why 90% of people are using disposable vapes now instead of mods like they used to.

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      7 hours ago

      How does the FDA block favor disposable vapes? I’ve also seen that trend of course, just curious how that has contributed to mods falling out.

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        5 hours ago

        Because nearly all the US juice companies that were around had their applications rejected by the FDA and shut down once the rules were implemented. I’m honestly not even sure where all these disposibles and the few remaining juice brands are coming from, but it’s probably China

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      8 hours ago

      Put on a blindfold and throw a dart? I’ve given up expecting any kind of logical consistency out of that group.

      I’d have no problem banning the disposable ones as they’re a scourge, but the juice is where I have the issue. Also, yeah, I do miss my re-buildable rigs, but no shops sell the parts anymore; it’s all the packaged / disposable coils which I hate but grudgingly use.