At the hearing, the companies can ask the federal appeals court for an injunction to prevent the new rules from going into effect until the court rules, says John Banzhaf, special counsel for Action on Smoking and Health and a public interest law professor at George Washington University in Washington
For him, that the system is fundamentally flawed is evident from the fact that premarket tobacco product applications (PMTAs) have been filed for some 26 million e-cigarette products, but marketing orders have been granted for only 23, along with a handful of orders for other tobacco products
Searching a "vape shop near me" and making an internet purchase will get you closer to your vaping preference within seconds
While e-cigarette use among young people has declined in recent years, it remains a serious public health threat: 10% of high school students used e-cigarettes in 2023, many of whom were not smokers in the first place
Big Tobacco's (five largest tobacco companies) response was to fuel a parallel market of cheap smuggled cigarettes, which sustained profits while undermining government revenues
It remains to be seen whether the number is smaller with higher strength pouches
