Noted This Week

JUUL Labs must stop selling and distributing all its electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) devices and pods, which are filled with nicotine-containing liquid that is vaporized and inhaled by users, and products currently on the market must be removed from store shelves, the FDA ordered. The agency said that the company’s applications to sell the products "lacked sufficient evidence…that marketing of the products would be appropriate for the protection of the public health." The FDA has said that e-cigarette use has dramatic increased among youth, but the company, which plans to appeal the decision, has advertised its e-cigarettes as a tool to help current smokers quit using traditional combustible cigarettes.

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