US court overturns FDA vape denials over unlawful rule
A US appeals court has overturned FDA decisions blocking more than 1.2 million flavoured vaping products, ruling that the regulator unlawfully imposed a standard amounting to a “de facto ban”.
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A US appeals court has overturned FDA decisions blocking more than 1.2 million flavoured vaping products, ruling that the regulator unlawfully imposed a standard amounting to a “de facto ban”.
Three years after the Netherlands banned online tobacco and vape sales, young adults are still buying through social media, while regulators struggle to identify sellers behind thousands of illegal listings.
New modelling of more than four million young Americans suggests adolescent vaping is highly unlikely to become a major cause of premature death. Even under the study’s most pessimistic main scenario, the average projected impact was equivalent to around 31 days of life lost, while smoking carried a far greater lifetime risk.
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