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The US Food and Drug
Administration has issued marketing denial orders for two menthol
e-cigarette products marketed by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Co. The agency said
last week that Vuse Vibe Tank Menthol 3.0% and the Vuse Ciro Cartridge
Menthol 1.5% should not
be marketed or distributed.
“The applications for these
products did not present sufficient scientific evidence to show that the
potential benefit to adult smokers outweighs the risks of youth
initiation and use,” said Dr. Brian King, director of the FDA’s Center
for Tobacco Products.
E-cigarette products have
been allowed to be sold in the US for years without regulation, but the
FDA asked companies to submit applications to keep their products on the
market by September 2020 and has been reviewing these applications since.
The agency has been criticized for years for moving too slowly
to regulate e-cigarettes.
In 2022, nearly 17% of high
school students – or more than 2.14 million high schoolers – reported
that they currently used e-cigarettes, according to the US Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention. And one out of every 30 middle school
students – about 3.3% – said that they used an e-cigarette in
the past 30 days. For high schoolers, it was 1 in every 7 students, the
CDC said.
Public health experts are
concerned about youth use of tobacco products because it can become a
lifetime habit. Nearly 9 out of 10 adults who smoke cigarettes daily
first try smoking by age 18.
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