Supreme Court divided over FDA block on kid-friendly flavored vapes
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With e-cigarette sales booming, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether the FDA unlawfully blocked approval of more than a million new flavored nicotine products.

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.

    • diffusive@lemmy.world
      62·
      9 days ago

      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

        • diffusive@lemmy.world
          34·
          8 days ago

          If flavors don’t incentive addition, why do you think manufacturers are pushing back? Why there is a black market?

          • pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
            31·
            8 days ago

            Because people enjoy flavors other than tobacco or menthol, and manufacturers will make more money if people have more choices.

            It would be like the government saying bakeries can only use chocolate and vanilla as flavors.

          • desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone
            01·
            8 days ago

            Because flavors are a potential (idk i don’t vape) way of differentiating brands.

            I am not saying these companies aren’t doing it for the addiction primarily, but there are non evil reasons that could be applied if these were food/beverage companies.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world
        31·
        8 days ago

        The point of blocking these laws is about people having the freedoms to live their lives like they want.

        Banning ice cream would have no ill effects on the populations health, and would help many people, but people still want the freedom to eat ice cream.

        We are banning all ice cream flavors but vanilla! Chocolate chip cookie dough, that’s just luring more kids into being addicted to ice cream

      • bestagon@lemmy.world
        11·
        8 days ago

        That line of thinking has already created a massive market for disposable vapes that waste a crazy amount of fully rechargeable Li batteries