FDA Explores Ways to Get Kids Who are Hooked on Nicotine to Quit Vaping as Teen e-Cigarette 'Epidemic' Grinds On
The Food and Drug Administration is exploring ways to help wean teenagers off nicotine as huge numbers of middle and high school students use Juul and other e-cigarettes.
The uptick in vape usage has undercut and even eclipsed progress in reducing cigarette smoking, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says.
Federal data showed teen use of e-cigarettes skyrocketed last year, prompting the surgeon general to declare it an "epidemic" and Gottlieb demanding manufacturers to fix it. Juul, the market leader, suspended sales of its fruity flavors in stores ahead of the FDA effectively pulling these products from convenience stores and limiting them to age-restricted stores like vape shops.