The FDA in the United States has approved the first electronic cigarette, telling the benefits to smokers.
The U.S. The Food and Drug Administration approved an electronic cigarette for the first time on Tuesday, saying the R.J. Reynolds vaping gadget can help smokers cut back on traditional cigarettes.
For more than a decade, e-cigarettes have been sold in the United States with no regulatory supervision or study. Faced with a court deadline, the FDA has been undertaking a thorough assessment of vaping products to determine which should remain on the market.
In September, the FDA said that it had rejected over a million applications for e-cigarettes and similar goods, mostly owing to their potential attraction to young teenagers. However, regulators postponed judgments on the majority of the big vaping businesses, including market leader Juul, which is still waiting.
The ruling announced on Tuesday only applies to Vuse's Solo e-cigarette and its tobacco-flavored nicotine cartridges. According to the FDA, research from the firm indicated that the e-cigarette considerably reduced users' exposure to the hazardous chemicals found in traditional cigarettes.
While the items are now legally available in the United States, the FDA emphasizes that they are neither safe nor "FDA approved," and that individuals who do not smoke should not use them.
Vuse Solo, which debuted in 2013, is a rechargeable metallic gadget fashioned like a conventional cigarette. The FDA stated that it has denied ten prior requests from the business for flavored goods. The government is currently evaluating the company's proposal to offer a nicotine compound with menthol flavoring.
"Today's authorizations are a critical step toward ensuring that all new tobacco products undergo the FDA's rigorous, scientific premarket assessment," said Mitch Zeller, head of the FDA's tobacco center.
"The research from the firm shows that its tobacco-flavored goods might assist addicted adult smokers who transition to these products — either entirely or with a considerable reduction in cigarette usage."
E-cigarettes initially debuted in the United States about 2007, promising consumers a less hazardous alternative to smoking regular tobacco cigarettes. The gadgets convert a nicotine solution into vapor, which is then breathed.
However, there has been no thorough research on whether e-cigarettes actually assist smokers in quitting. Moreover, the FDA's efforts to begin evaluating vaping products and their claims have been continually stymied by corporate lobbying and conflicting political interests.
In recent years, the vaping business has expanded to include hundreds of firms providing a wide range of devices and nicotine solutions in a variety of flavors and strengths. However, a few firms dominate the great bulk of the industry, notably Juul Labs, which is partially owned by Altria, and Vuse.
Vuse is the No. 2 vaping brand in the United States, trailing only Juul, accounting for almost one-third of all retail sales. R.J. Reynolds, its parent business, sells Newport, Camel, and other well-known cigarettes.
According to a business representative, the FDA decision "confirms that Vuse Solo products are acceptable for the protection of public health, highlighting years of scientific study and research."
The firm stated that it is still waiting for an FDA ruling on its most popular vaping gadget, the Vuse Alto.
Companies must demonstrate that their goods promote public health in order to remain on the market. In reality, this means demonstrating that adult smokers who use the products are more likely to quit or reduce their smoking, whereas teenagers are less likely to get addicted to them.
Kenneth Warner, a tobacco expert at the University of Michigan's department of public health, said the announcement was a step in the right direction toward decreasing the effects of smoking. However, he noted that only a vaping gadget supported by a Big Tobacco firm was able to gain FDA approval.
"The criteria that the FDA sets on firms filing these applications are so extraordinarily tough to fulfill that only those with enormous money and staff — in terms of scientists, attorneys, and researchers — are able to apply effectively," Warner explained.
Smaller businesses and vape stores, he believes, should have a different process to have their goods certified.
In 2018, the FDA labeled teenage vaping a "epidemic," and has implemented a number of regulations aimed at the tiny cartridge-based devices that began the problem, such as limiting their flavors to tobacco and menthol. Separately, Congress increased the legal purchasing age for all tobacco and vaping goods to 21.
According to survey data obtained earlier this year, Vuse was the second-most popular e-cigarette brand among high students who vape, with 10% preferring it. Juul was the fourth-most popular e-cigarette, with fewer than 6% mentioning it.
Although the FDA was aware of the statistics on Vuse's popularity, it chose to approve its tobacco flavor "since these items are less attractive to adolescents and allowing these products may be advantageous" for adult smokers.
The most popular brand among teenagers was Puff Bar, a disposable e-cigarette that comes in flavors including pink lemonade, strawberry, and mango. Disposable e-cigarettes do not have the taste limitations that devices like Juul do.
Overall, the poll found a roughly 40% decrease in teen vaping rates, as many children were forced to learn from home during the epidemic. Nonetheless, federal officials warned against interpreting the findings because they were gathered online for the first time, rather than in classrooms.
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