Supreme Court considers vaping ban

Federal regulators will ask the Supreme Court next week to uphold its block on sweet, flavored products following a spike in youth e-cigarette use.

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November 29, 2024 - 12:47 PM

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Vaping is coming before the Supreme Court next week as federal regulators ask the high court to uphold its block on sweet, flavored products following a spike in youth e-cigarette use.

The Food and Drug Administration has denied more than a million marketing applications for candy- or fruit-flavored products that appeal to kids, part of a wider crackdown that advocates say helped drive down teen vaping after an “epidemic level” surge in 2019.

Vaping companies, though, said the agency unfairly disregarded arguments that their sweet e-liquid…

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