FDA considers yanking nicotine vaping pods off the market as it fights a surge in teen vaping
, at the same time that the companies had promised to increase efforts to keep kids from getting hooked on e-cigarettes. Miffed by the transaction, Gottlieb had summoned the companies to Washington to provide answers.
Gottlieb said the FDA is working on defining exactly what constitutes a pod-based product in case it needs to temporarily ban them. Sales of vaping pods could resume if manufacturers show that their devices are geared toward adult cigarette smokers trying to quit, and not kids. “The FDA is going to have to very carefully calculate its action against the entire category of pod-based products,” Gottlieb said.
Separately, San Francisco officials proposed legislation Tuesday that would forbid the sale of e-cigarettes in the city and ban companies such as Juul from occupying city-owned property, the San Francisco ChronicleThe FDA last week released a draft guideline on its much-anticipated plan to limit the sales of most flavored e-cigarettes.
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