#e-cigarettes

#e-cigarettes

Last week, the Food and Drug Administration officially authorized the sale of two new fruit-flavored vapes to adult consumers, prompting criticism from health advocates who fear the move will once again spark a rise in minors becoming addicted to the nicotine products. The federal government's Trump-pressured embrace of e-cigarettes has also sparked turmoil inside the his administration, so far prompting the exits of two officials and counting: the FDA commissioner and a top HHS spokesperson.

“Marty is a great guy. He's a friend of mine. He's a wonderful man, and he's going to be off and the assistant, the deputy, is taking over temporarily,” Trump said. “He was having some difficulty, you know, he's a great doctor, and he was having some difficulty. But he's going to go on and he's going to do well.”

Americans now throw away an incredible number of these disposable vapes: nearly 500,000 every day, or about 5.7 vapes per second.

The goal is to combat teen nicotine use, with the City Council aiming for a citywide ban on flavored tobacco and e-cigarettes.