Unicorn Vomit. Cotton Candy. Gummy Bear. Skittles. Some teenagers who tried these vaping flavors thought they were just inhaling water vapor — not also nicotine, a chemical considered as addictive as heroin and cocaine.
Some teenagers who tried these playful vaping flavors thought they were just inhaling water vapor — not also nicotine, a chemical considered as addictive as heroin and cocaine.
The officials told The Times that a cost-benefit analysis suggested the economic burden on vape shops appeared to outweigh potential health benefits of the ban., sales for Juul, the most popular e-cigarettes, skyrocketed by more than six-fold, reversing decades of progress on youth smoking.were using tobacco products, up from 3.6 million the prior year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
asked young people who vaped why they did it. More than 80% marked the answer: “It comes in flavors I like.” The ban gained widespread support from scientists and public health experts and, on Oct. 19, 2015, headed to the White House for approval. The chief flavorist for Purilum, an e-liquid company, came the following week with photographs depicting the “Future of Flavor” — glossy laboratories with chemists in face masks.On the 19th, an industry-tied think tank delivered an 82-page stack of data aiming to debunk FDA research: One experiment forced rats to inhale nicotine in a chamber for almost two years.
The FDA, the rule said, was seeking “further data on the role of flavored products in youth initiation.”
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