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FDA Finally Authorizes Fruit-Flavored Vapes. Here’s What It Took.

On May 5, the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) did something it has never done before: It authorized fruit-flavored…

May 6, 2026

FDA Drops Drug-Approval Standard From Two Controlled Trials to One

The Food and Drug Administration will no longer expect pharmaceutical manufacturers to submit two pivotal trials in applications for new…

February 23, 2026

FDA Faces Cannabinoid-Lists Deadline Ahead of Hemp Clampdown

In about nine months, federal hemp laws are scheduled to significantly change in a way that industry stakeholders say would…

February 6, 2026

The FDA Might Be Thawing to THR: Here’s How It Could Move Faster

Baby steps, but 2025 might have been the year the United States Food and Drug Administration started changing course on…

December 15, 2025

High-Nicotine Pouches Help People Stay Off Cigarettes—If Available

Pouches with higher nicotine levels can make a vital contribution to tobacco harm reduction, by delivering the satisfaction people may…

October 29, 2025

Marijuana Hair-Test Device Doesn’t Prove Use, Warns Petition to FDA

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering a petition raising concerns about the alleged “significant harm” that a drug…

October 23, 2025

Feds Crack Down on TV Drug Ads, in Major Shakeup to Pharma Industry

The era of direct-to-consumer (DTC) pharmaceutical commercials may be coming to a close. On September 9, President Donald Trump signed…

September 11, 2025

Despite FDA Authorization, the Damage of the Juul Frenzy Lingers

Well, well, well. On July 17, after five long years trying to prove what had already been proven—vapes are vastly…

August 4, 2025

FDA Marks 7-OH, Kratom Compound With Opioid Effect, for CSA Schedule I

The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that 7-hydroxymitragynine, commonly referred to as 7-OH, be federally scheduled under the Controlled…

July 31, 2025

Ex-FDA Tobacco Head Brian King Joins Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids

Dr. Brian King is a man some tobacco harm reduction (THR) advocates love to hate. They felt no sorrow when,…

May 6, 2025