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.
“For the kids” strikes again!
It won’t stop them. They’ll find ways around it instantly or go for other alternatives.
Also, adults like candy and fruit too.
If you’re going after flavored vapes, you need to go after flavored alcohol too.
Why not?
Your comment sounds whatsboutism but I buy it! Let’s ban flavoured alcohol too.
Prohibitionism doesn’t work because a black market emerges but as long the limitations are small enough to not have a significant black market, it is fine. Blocking flavour in vapes/alchool hardly will create a new Al Capone
There’s no good reason to ban flavors.
If flavors don’t incentive addition, why do you think manufacturers are pushing back? Why there is a black market?