FDA threatens to pull e-cigarettes off the market

[Warlord]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that e-cigarettes face an uncertain future in U.S. markets unless youth smoking rates drop over the next year.

Speaking at a public hearing Friday in Silver Spring, Md., FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he could see the entire category of e-cigarette and vaping products removed from store shelves if companies don’t stop marketing such products to youth.

"I’ll tell you this. If the youth use continues to rise, and we see significant increases in use in 2019, on top of the dramatic rise in 2018, the entire category will face an existential threat," he said.


https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/426140-fda-threatens-to-pull-e-cigarettes-off-the-market-citing-possible

[XNavyNuke]

Soon the BATF will be going after those who put up plans for 3D printed e cigs on the Internet.

XNN

[dannno]

They are switching over from cigarettes... that's a GOOD thing..


30 Day Prevalence of Daily Use of Cigarettes, by Grade, 1976-2015

https://www.hhs.gov/ash/oah/sites/default/files/ash/oah/adolescent-health-topics/substance-abuse/tobacco/prevalenceofdailyuse.png

[Warlord]

Trust gov't to mess it up

[Occam's Banana]

Speaking at a public hearing Friday in Silver Spring, Md., FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said he could see the entire category of e-cigarette and vaping products removed from store shelves if companies don’t stop marketing such products to youth.

"I’ll tell you this. If the youth use continues to rise, and we see significant increases in use in 2019, on top of the dramatic rise in 2018, the entire category will face an existential threat," he said.

https://i.imgur.com/8fcElP2.png