FDA ban on Juul e-cigarettes temporarily halted Associated Press
The company requested the hold while it appeals the sales ban which would have required it to immediately halt its business
Juul’s temporary hold on an FDA ban, which a federal appeals court granted, will allow the company to continue to sell its e-cigarettes.
Juul can continue to sell its electronic cigarettes, at least for now, after a federal appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a government ban.
Juul filed an emergency motion earlier Friday, seeking the temporary hold while it appeals the sales ban.
The e-cigarette maker had asked the court to pause what it called an “extraordinary and unlawful action” by the Food and Drug Administration that would have required it to immediately halt its business.
E-cigarettes: FDA bans market-leading Juul in blow to US tobacco industry
The FDA said on Thursday that Juul must stop selling its vaping device and its tobacco and menthol flavored cartridges
Read more https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jun/24/fda-ban-juul-e-cigarettes-blocked
Various sources report FDA claims Juul cartridges are marketed to under-age consumers.
e-cigarettes may be highly abusable. But are they not also used as a stepping stone to breaking the tobacco habit?
Rather than an outright ban, why not regulate the way tobacco was regulated, with tax, and product warnings on the packaging?
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