Cato Institute senior colleague Jeffrey Singer joins ‘Kennedy’ to talk about the FDA order to e-cigarette company Juul to withdraw its product from the US market.
The e-cigarette company Juul Labs Inc. asked a federal appeals court on Friday to block a ban on its products issued by the US Food and Drug Administration.
The company filed an emergency motion for temporary administrative stay following the FDA directive to remove the company’s products from the shelves for allegations that it has fueled an increase in youth vaping with its marketing.
The FDA ordered Juul Labs Inc. that it stopped selling its vaporization devices and cartridges on Thursday, saying there is not “enough evidence to assess the potential toxicological risks” of using the products.
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In the lawsuit, Juul called the FDA’s order “extraordinary and illegal” and argued that its products are healthier than cigarettes and help adult smokers quit.
FDA PROHIBITS JUUL ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE PRODUCTS
ARCHIVE PHOTO: Shopkeeper Demonstrates Smoking a Juul Steam Pen to Customers at a Juul Store in Jakarta, Indonesia, December 30, 2019. REUTERS / Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana / Archive Photo (REUTERS / Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana / Archive photo / Reuters photos)
The FDA acknowledged that it “has not received any clinical information suggesting an immediate danger associated” with the use of Juul’s devices or pods, but said the agency issued its marketing denial (MDO) orders against it. company because “there is not enough evidence to evaluate it.” the possible toxicological risks “of the use of the products.
Juul answered any allegations of providing insufficient data, alleging that they had provided the relevant information to the FDA at least two years ago.
“In our applications, which we submitted more than two years ago, we believe that we adequately characterized the toxicological profile of JUUL products, including comparisons with combustible cigarettes and other steam products, and we believe that these data, together with the totality of evidence, meet the statutory standard of being “adequate for the protection of public health,” Juul said.
FILE: A man uses a Juul vaporizer in Atlanta, September 26, 2019. (REUTERS / Elijah Nouvelage / File Photo / Reuters Photos)
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The FDA, in its original press release, directed smokers who want to quit to consider using other e-cigarette products that the agency has authorized for use, such as RJ’s Vuse projects. Reynolds.
According to a Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report from last yearVuse e-cigarettes were found to be almost twice as popular among high school students as vaporizing Juul products.
Breck Dumas of FOX Business contributed to this report.