FDA bans a range of flavored e-cigarette products, including fruit and mint, but menthol and tobacco pods will still be available, federal health officials say.
Flavored e-liquids for “open tank” vaping systems that are mixed and sold by vape shops will still be legal, because these e-cigarettes are used mostly by adults, Azar said.
Azar called the new restrictions a"smart, targeted policy that protects our kids without creating unnecessary disruption" for adults who use e-cigarettes as a way to stop smoking traditional cigarettes. Although government health officials said that cartridge-based tobacco and menthol flavors are much less likely to be used by teens, medical experts are disappointed over the limited ban.
“The Administration’s new policy to address the youth e-cigarette epidemic by limiting flavors in some vaping products is a step in the right direction, but does not go far enough," Dr. Patrice Harris, president of the American Medical Association wrote in a statement."The AMA is disappointed that menthol flavors — one of the most popular — will still be allowed, and that flavored e-liquids will remain on the market.
"It would have been better if they had banned all flavors, including menthol," said pediatric addiction specialist Dr. Sharon Levy, director of the adolescent substance abuse and addiction program at Boston Children's Hospital."Because it turns out that although the industry often says that menthol is a flavor meant only for adults, in fact, teenagers use it.
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