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 U.S. District of Columbia District Court of Appeals temporarily delayed the FDA’s ban on Juul devices on Friday after the e-cigarette giant called the agency’s order “extraordinary and illegal.” “In a court document, the Wall Street Journal reports.
The FDA said Thursday that it has not “received clinical information suggesting an immediate danger associated with the use of Juul devices,” but that there is “insufficient evidence to assess the potential toxicological risks” of using the products.
Juul e-cigarette packs are on sale at the Brazil Outlet store on June 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mario Tama / Getty Images / Getty Images)
Juul responded Friday, arguing that “he will suffer significant irreparable damage.”
FDA PROHIBITS JUUL ELECTRONIC CIGARETTE PRODUCTS
“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.
A shopkeeper shows customers smoking a Juul brand pen. (REUTERS / Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana / Archive photo / Reuters photos)
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The Wall Street Journal reported that Juul is considering filing for bankruptcy and other options if he cannot avoid the FDA ban.
Juul did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday.
Reuters contributed to this report.