TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 24, 2022

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced yesterday it is banning the sale of tobacco- and menthol-flavored pods made by Juul for its vaping devices. The ban is part of the FDA’s broader review of the vaping industry following years of pressure from politicians and public health groups to regulate the segment as strictly as other tobacco products after vaping became more common among high schoolers, Reuters reports. Juul announced today it has asked a federal appeals court to temporarily block the FDA order. Observers say the FDA move likely will hurt Juul’s defense as it faces lawsuits from a dozen states and Washington over allegations that it marketed its products to minors and played a major role in the vaping epidemic. In 2020, Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III joined a multistate investigation of JUUL Labs’ marketing and sales practices.