nicotine
Last January, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit held that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had acted "arbitrarily and capriciously," in violation of the Administrative Procedure Act, when it refused to allow the marketing of flavored nicotine e-liquids made by two companies. On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to review that decision. The case highlights the maddeningly unfair process by which the FDA enforced its judgment that vaping products in flavors other than tobacco and menthol are ipso facto intolerable, even though former smokers prefer those options. "Over sev...
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In recent years, Massachusetts, New York, California, and Washington, D.C., have all implemented bans on flavored tobacco products in an attempt to reduce smoking rates among younger populations. Despite these bans, flavored tobacco products are still easily accessible—and it's never been more apparent. Walk into the nearest convenience store and you'll likely find an assortment of flavored tobacco products to choose from—strawberry banana, blue raspberry, spearmint, black cherry. Whether or not your city or state bans these products, they'll likely be fully stocked and at your disposal. In 20...
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Run, don't walk to stock up on Zyn nicotine pouches, which will now be a lot harder to find. Nationwide sales were suspended after a subpoena was issued by the Washington, D.C., attorney general related to whether the company had been complying with the District's ban on flavored nicotine products. "A preliminary company investigation found that there have been sales of flavored nicotine pouch products in Washington, D.C., Philip Morris [International] said," reports The Wall Street Journal. "Most of these sales were associated with some online sales platforms and independent retailers, the co...
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Since March of last year, the Australian state of Victoria has been rocked by a series of arsons and firebombings. Some of the targets are victims of extortion; others are caught in an escalating turf war between rival gangs. Two men with links to organized crime have been publicly murdered, one in a broad-daylight shooting at a shopping mall in a Melbourne suburb. Violent conflict is not unexpected in organized crime, but what is unusual is the drug at the center of this conflict: nicotine. This tobacco turf war has been widely covered in Australian media but generally ignored elsewhere. In i...
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