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| 6.28.22
Federal Appeals Court Puts Hold On FDA's Ban on Juul Sales
Do you think that Juul products should be banned?
What’s the story?
- The U.S. federal appeals court put a hold on the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) ban on Juul Labs Inc.’s e-cigarettes sales, following the company’s appeal, saying the ban would cause “irreparable harm."
- Juul Labs filed an emergency motion asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia court to block the FDA’s action. The temporary freeze on the order lasts until at least July 12th, which allows the company to argue for a longer hold on the ban.
- The ban follows a two-year review of company data, in which the FDA concluded that Juul failed to show that the sale of its products is appropriate for public health concerns.
- Juul said the FDA acted on political pressure from Congress, which blames the company for the youth vaping epidemic. The company is working with legal advisors on the option of filing for bankruptcy if the government’s ban goes through, according to the Wall Street Journal. Juul Labs also said that removing products from the market would force smokers to switch from e-cigarettes to traditional cigarettes.
- John Banzhaf III, a George Washington University professor, said this case shows the difficulty of attempting to regulate the tobacco industry, which has had very little oversight for years.
The vaping epidemic
- The FDA has labeled the popularity of vaping among American youth an epidemic and has called for the regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems, or ENDS, including e-cigarettes and vapes, for over a decade.
- The National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) showed what the FDA called “disturbing increases” in the use of e-cigarette products among middle and high schoolers in 2018 and 2019. Data showed a 1000% increase in disposable e-cigarette use among high school studies between 2019 and 2020.
- In 2020, the FDA banned fruit and mint flavored juice pods in e-cigarettes and vaping products due to their popularity amongst youth. The FDA is holding retailers and manufacturers accountable for marketing practices that have led to increased interest in flavored ENDS products amongst youth.
Do you think that Juul products should be banned?
-Jamie Epstein
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Unclear why this is being called a ban. The FDA requires a Marketing Application for various products (drugs, devices, etc). These applications have data requirements, one of which is toxicology study data. JUUL has not provided this information so the application is not approved.
The usual response to not getting approved is to develop a plan to provide the information to the FDA not to sue them in court. 23 other products managed to provide data, why not JUUL?
I for one want to see companies required to provide data to prove their products safe or not safe. Allowing a company like JUUL to sue instead of complying will only set a precedence for drug & device companies to stop providing this data and sue the FDA in court.
https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-denies-authorization-market-juul-products
I always prefer to support public health, and allowing teens to get addicted to dangerous substances is just irresponsible and cruel.
We know that Juul has marketed to young people with their flavors for years, and there is no reason we need to allow this product on the market while it's still dangerous for public health.
If ever Juul can prove that their product is harmless to health and that will not market to vulnerable populations, then they can sell products again.
Vaping is a terrible habit sold primarily to young people who will inevitably become addicted to the nicotine. All too frequently vapers "graduate" to tobacco products which cause various cancers. All that is bad but not the only risk. Vaping requires a fluid solution for the nicotine. These fluids are primarily water-based but often contain ultrafine particulates, favorings like diacetyl linked to lung disease, volatile organic compounds, heavy metals and additional carcinogens.
Smoking and chewing tobacco is bad. Vaping is not any less so and the user seldom knows what it is in the vaping fluid.
I believe that it's all on the individual. As long as all known information on the risks and benefits are given with the products then let the people decide what they put in their bodies. The more you tell someone they can't do or have something the more they rebel and do it anyways. That is until they have the complete information on the substance. Look at tobacco products. Before knowing the risks, when people were just bitching that people should quit and businesses started the banning of smoking indoors the actual number of people smoking went up and the majority was the younger population. Then as more facts about cancer and the health risks of babies and those around smokers. That's when the number of smokers decreased. When the message was no longer "smoking is gross you can't do that" to look at the picture of my child or parent or friend, this is how they looked a few days before they died, it was cancer from smoking". Give examples and information, not laws and regulations.
Complete ban? Given the addictive nature of nicotine it needs to be classified as a Schedule 1 drug and regulated accordingly.
This is a tough question to answer because there are too many contradictions. If truly the concern is health, why would anyone support e-cigarettes or vaping products. But then again, why would we not ban all cigarettes, alcohol, and drugs. Instead, we legalize marijuana. This is where the contradiction comes in.
Considering that cigarettes are available and, no doubt, will become the alternative if there is a ban, I would have to say no on the ban.
CAUSES ASKS: "Do you think that Juul products should be banned?" ME: Depends on the data (which, apparently Juul has not provided); there's no question that its products (and those of other vaping products manufacturers) are harmful, particularly to teens. At a very minimum ALL such products should be strictly and strongly regulated.
They are clearly very unhealthy & way to easy to get.
Juul has specifically targeted teens.
They've lost their chance!
They are very toxic in any case.
Before deciding let all DATA be provided. Research is vital for all products!
Vaping is worse for your lungs than cigarettes are. It is doing irreparable harm to young people. It is also just as addictive as cigarettes. Ecigs should be banned as should cigarettes. I quit over 40 years ago & it was the smartest thing I ever did for my health. Tobacco is so addictive. They have treatment for other addictions like alcohol & drugs, but I've never seen a program to get over the addiction of tobacco. I think we need programs to help with that as well. Get ecigs off the market & it'll be a start. Tobacco has had a huge financial impact on our legislators due to the lobbyists. Time to put a stop to that too!
Leave us alone and let us make our own choices. Also banning popular products is not the best way to win elections and there's a lot at stake now.
You have got to be kidding me...banning vapping products when there is flood of deadly Fentanyl coming across the Southern border that killed over 70,000 Americans in 2022! The phoney concern! Rich! How about a ban on hypocrisy!
Let's ban sugar next. It's addictive and can cause diabetes. It's for your own good.
Hell, yes. So is this fed. judge a fucking Republican. It sure seems like something a Republican would do.
This is what the Left actually reads! 🤣🥴
From crooks and liars.com
If this "special witness" today actually said all this, I DEFINATELY WANT TO SEE HER CROSS EXAMINED!🤣🤣
WRONG LESLIE! If a mayor declines to sign off on a piece of legislation and doesn't veto it, after so many days, it passes. IT WAS PASSED!
"The City Council, controlled by Democrats, passed the law last December, and it went into effect in January after both Mayor Bill de Blasio and his successor, Eric Adams, declined to either sign or veto it."
*Maybe you two should learn to read!
I don't give a damn if they were only voting for school board nominees! If you are not a US citizen, YOU SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO VOTE IN ANY ELECTION!
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ny-supreme-court-strikes-law-allowing-noncitizens-vote