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The FDA’s Vape Fiasco Will Perpetuate Smoking Deaths

What’s not to love to hate about the Food and Drug Administration’s non-decisions on nicotine vapes? We’re now almost two…

November 2, 2021

FDA Puts a Second Vape Company Back Under Review

On October 22, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put Fumizer’s flavored vaping products back under review—rescinding the denial it…

October 25, 2021

Backlash Against the FDA Grows as Vape Company Ramps Up Legal Fight

On October 20, My Vape Order (MVO) petitioned a federal court of appeals for “an emergency motion for a stay…

October 21, 2021

FDA’s First-Ever Vaping Product Authorization Brings Mixed Feelings

On October 12, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized the first-ever vaping product to legally be sold in the…

October 13, 2021

Vape Advocates and Prohibitionists Temporarily Unite to Slam the FDA

On September 28, a string of mainstream public health organizations including the American Lung Association and the American Heart Association,…

September 29, 2021

FDA Fails to Meet Deadline to Decide on PMTA Applications for Vapes

The day of reckoning will have to come another day. On September 9, its longstanding deadline, the Food and Drug…

September 9, 2021

The FDA Denies 800 More Flavored Vaping Products. Is This a Pattern?

On August 31, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) denied the PMTA applications for about 800 vaping products from three…

September 1, 2021

FDA’s Suspected Push for Global Kratom Ban Rattles Advocates

Despite Thailand’s recent legalization of kratom—swiftly following the country’s decriminalization earlier this year—international kratom advocacy’s momentum is facing stern resistance…

September 1, 2021

Alzheimer’s Drug Approval “Damages FDA Credibility,” Advocates Say

When the Food and Drug Administration approved a controversial new Alzheimer’s treatment on June 7, it was over widespread expert…

June 21, 2021

Ex-FDA Head Falsely Claims Kratom Is “Fueling” the Overdose Crisis

Drug warriors have long deployed disinformation to justify panics and crackdowns. Kratom, an unregulated plant-based product used by many to…

June 2, 2021