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The Supreme Court seems inclined to support the FDA's decision to reject applications for marketing flavored e-cigarette liquids, which are seen as appealing to young people and potentially leading to nicotine addiction. This comes as the FDA appeals a lower court ruling that criticized the agency for changing its approval standards during the application process for two companies.
A federal judge in California has ruled against major social media companies, including Alphabet (Google and YouTube), Meta Platforms (Facebook and Instagram), ByteDance (TikTok), and Snap (Snapchat), rejecting their attempts to dismiss nationwide litigation accusing them of illegally enticing and addicting millions of children to their platforms, resulting in negative mental health effects. The lawsuits, filed on behalf of individual children, seek damages and a halt to the defendants' alleged wrongful practices. The judge stated that the companies could be sued for negligence over their duty to design reasonably safe products and to warn users of known defects, but they owed no legal obligation to protect users from harm caused by third-party users.
The FDA has issued warning letters to 189 retailers selling fruit- and candy-flavored disposable e-cigarettes, including the best-selling brand, Elf Bar, as part of its efforts to crack down on illegal disposable vapes that appeal to teenagers. The FDA has been trying to regulate the multibillion-dollar vaping industry for years, but unauthorized e-cigarettes continue to launch. The rise in unauthorized e-cigarettes coincided with the growing popularity of disposable e-cigarettes, which accounted for nearly 52% of vaping sales by late last year. Reports of nicotine poisoning have gone up and down over the past decade, but government scientists said calls increased more than 30% between last spring and March this year.