Lindsey Granger gives her lens on the FDA lowering some of its guardrails for vaping products, which has led to criticism that kids will become more susceptible to getting hooked on the products. #FDA #Vaping #LindseyGranger About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising…
The Food and Drug Administration is easing restrictions on unauthorized vapes and scrapping a proposed ban on minors using tanning beds, reflecting a tumultuous shift in priorities during the MAHA era . The big picture: The moves risk weakening federal efforts to protect teens from unhealthy habits and emboldening industries that market addictive or high-risk products, public health experts warn. Driving the news: The FDA handed the vaping industry two wins in May: authorizing its first fruit-flavored vaping products for adults, a decision opposed by the American Academy of Pediatrics, and signaling it won't prioritize enforcement against some unauthorized products. - Former FDA commissioner Marty Makary reportedly resisted …
The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry’s growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry’s enduring influence over Washington. In the span of two weeks, the Trump administration granted marketing authorization to four flavored vaping products and issued new guidance allowing unauthorized vapes to stay on the market. #Vaping #Vapes #Trump #TrumpAdministration #FDA
The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry’s growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry’s enduring influence over Washington. In the span of two weeks, the Trump administration granted marketing authorization to four flavored vaping products and issued new guidance allowing unauthorized vapes to stay on the market. #Vaping #Vapes #Trump #TrumpAdministration #FDA
Richard Danker said the vape authorization "undermines" the department's recent guidance document related to youth risks of flavored nicotine, according to the letter.
The move comes one day after former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary resigned his post after a year on the job for the same reason, following approval of blueberry and mango flavored vape pods.
In a letter to President Trump, the spokesman, Rich Danker, said moves to allow the sale of flavored e-cigarettes would enhance their appeal to children.
FDA Commissioner Marty Makary has resigned after reports that President Trump had pressured him to give approval to flavored vapes. #FDA #Trump #MartyMakary About Rising: Rising is a weekday morning show with bipartisan hosts that breaks the mold of morning TV by taking viewers inside the halls of Washington power like never before. The show leans into the day's political cycle with cutting edge analysis from DC insiders who can predict what is going to happen. It also sets the day's political agenda by breaking exclusive news with a team of scoop-driven reporters and demanding answers during interviews with the country's most important political newsmakers. Follow Rising on social media: Website: Hill.TV Facebook: facebook.com/HillTVLive/…
In a dispute over vapes, the president sided with tobacco companies that filled his groups’ coffers over his own F.D.A. commissioner, who resigned in protest.
