FDA BLOCKS THE SALE OF ONE MILLION FLAVORED E-CIGS

^{After a year long review of millions of e-cigarette related products, the FDA announced that it had blocked nearly a million flavoured e-cigarette products and banned them from the market or sale. The FDA also said the 4.5 million e-cigarette applications lacked the required application materials and that all products had to be removed from the market, but it did not release a list of the products or companies.}

^{The FDA said in a statement by Thursday that it had reviewed 93% of the applications, which included 6.5 million e-cigarette products, and that the remaining 7% would continue to be reviewed.}

^{The announcement marks the end of a year long period from September 2020 until 2021, when manufacturers and companies were allowed to continue selling e-cigarette products while being reviewed by FDA. FDA announced yesterday that it had not authorized any e-cigarette brand products to pass the PMTA application, nor stated how it would deal with e-cigarette those products, including JUUL and Vuse -- industry giants in the US.}

^{FDA’s announcement provides a sign that those e-cigarette products that have submitted PMTA applications will probably continue to be on sale for the following six months. And more and more makers of e-cigarettes will turn to synthetic nicotine as a way out.}