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First the US Food and Drug Administration banned virtually all traditional vape products … now it turns its attention to synthetic nicotine vapes too .
Words : Patrick Griffin
President Joe Biden has dealt a devastating blow to the US vape industry by giving the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate synthetic nicotine . Many vape manufacturers switched to synthetic nicotine when the FDA rejected or denied almost every application to authorise vape products containing tobacco-derived nicotine . Now with that loophole closed it is possible that the FDA could order every product containing lab-made nicotine to be removed from sale . To sell their products , manufacturers must submit a premarket tobacco product application ( PMTA ) with the FDA – exactly the same process that happened for tobacco-derived vape products . However , industry experts believe the very short timeframe set for applications to be submitted would make it an almost impossible task . The FDA has not indicated whether it would ban all synthetic nicotine products or allow them to remain on the shelves until the approvals process is complete . Amanda Wheeler , President of the
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The indisputable outcome will be countless more Americans pushed away from nicotine vaping and back into combustible smoking .
American Vapor Manufacturers Association , said : “ The indisputable outcome will be countless more Americans pushed away from nicotine vaping and back into combustible smoking .” Tony Abboud , executive director of the Vapor Technology Association said synthetic nicotine was a ‘ technological innovation ’ which has given the vape industry ‘ a true and complete break from tobacco .’
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