In this special report from the Grand Canyon in Arizona, the United States RegWatch executive producer Brent Stafford provides commentary on the FDA’s recent marketing granted order for an NJOY nicotine vape system and discusses the potential impact of the proposed federal ban on menthol cigarettes.
Hi i’m brent stafford and this is regwatch by regulatorwatch.com and yes coming to you from the grand canyon in arizona i am on vacation but there has been some news and we wanted to take an opportunity in this very majestic scenery to share with you on tuesday the us food and drug administration issued marketing granted orders for the enjoy ace device and three
Refill pods allowing them to be legally sold in the united states as jim mcdonald from vaping 360 reports this is the first time the fda has authorized a modern pod-based vaping product used with high-strength nicotine salts of course the bad news is is that these approvals from the fda including the ones that they’ve already issued for logic and views they’re all
For tobacco flavors only and it does appear that fda is implementing a de facto e-cigarette flavor ban i hope to be wrong here but it does appear to be the case interestingly enough today so earlier today on thursday just a few hours ago the body administration announced it’s moving forward with the national vaping ban on sorry with the national ban on menthol
Cigarettes which would wipe out more than a third of all combustible cigarettes sold in the u.s representing more than 20 billion in annual sales the proposed menthol ban would take wouldn’t take effect for at least two years and wait for it the ban does not apply to e-cigarettes and so with that news today it may seem that we’re going to be getting the news on
Joule enjoy has a menthol e-cigarette product that is also very popular there’s a few other ones that now could get unlocked because of uh the menthol cigarette ban so fda’s enjoy approval this week in addition to its prior approvals for views and logic products does provide more ammunition for the harm reduction argument in support of vaping by approving enjoy
Products for sale in the us the regulator is stating that certain nicotine vaping products are indeed appropriate for the protection of public health and that the importance of providing adult access to nicotine vapes overrides the risks of potential youth use and that is really the big message so in closing looking out over this majestic landscape it’s hard not
To believe that over time like the persistent carving out of this canyon by the colorado river that the truth on vaping will come out for rug watch at the grand canyon i’m brent stafford you
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GRAND SCHEME | NJOY Approved & Menthol Cigs Cancelled (RegWatch) By Regulator WatchliveBroadcastDetails{isLiveNowfalsestartTimestamp2022-04-30T161343+0000endTimestamp2022-04-30T161844+0000}
