Coverage dated December 1, 2024

Supreme Court divided over FDA block on kid-friendly flavored vapes

Headline from ABC 7 New York

The Supreme Court is divided on if the FDA lawfully blocked the marketing and sale of more than a million sweet and candy-flavored nicotine products.

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32 articles, oldest first.

  1. The Boston Globe

    Supreme Court justices question block on flavored vapes, but don’t appear convinced FDA was unfair (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The Boston Globe's feed description

    Vape companies said the FDA changed its standards with little warning and disregarded their plans to sell only to adults as the agency refusal to allow the sale of more than a million new vape products.

  2. New York Times

    Supreme Court Hears Case on Flavored Vapes Popular With Teenagers (opens New York Times)

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    The question for the justices was whether the Food and Drug Administration had acted lawfully in rejecting applications from makers of flavored liquids used in e-cigarettes.

  3. MyNorthwest

    Supreme Court to hear arguments on flavored vape regulations imposed after youth vaping spike (opens MyNorthwest)

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear a vaping case on Monday, weighing federal regulators’ decisions blocking sweet vaping products after

  4. ABC 7 New York

    Supreme Court divided over FDA block on kid-friendly flavored vapes (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    The Supreme Court is divided on if the FDA lawfully blocked the marketing and sale of more than a million sweet and candy-flavored nicotine products.

  5. The Columbian

    Supreme Court will hear arguments on flavored vape regulations imposed after youth vaping spike (opens The Columbian)

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    The Columbian's feed description

    WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear a vaping case on Monday, weighing federal regulators’ decisions blocking sweet vaping products after e-cigarette use spiked among kids.

  6. New York Post

    Supreme Court appears sympathetic to FDA as agency seeks to block some flavored vapes appealing to minors (opens New York Post)

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    A quintet of Supreme Court justices appeared sympathetic on Monday to claims that the Food and Drug Administration rightly moved the goalposts on its standards for some flavored vapes appealing to minors when it blocked two companies from selling the popular nicotine products.

  7. Wyoming Public Media

    FDA battles vaping industry at the Supreme Court (opens Wyoming Public Media)

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    The justices will hear arguments about the FDA's rejection of some e-cigarettes. High schoolers are at the center of the case.

  8. SCOTUSblog

    Justices hear FDA case on flavored vapes (opens SCOTUSblog)

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    The Supreme Court on Monday morning heard oral arguments in a challenge to the Food and Drug Administration’s rejection of two companies’ applications to sell fruit-, candy-, and dessert-flavored liquids for use in e-cigarettes. A lawyer for the FDA urged the justices to leave the denials in place,

  9. KVIA El Paso

    Supreme Court wrestles with FDA’s attempt to curb access to flavored vapes (opens KVIA El Paso)

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    By John Fritze, CNN (CNN) — The Supreme Court on Monday pressed the Food and Drug Administration on whether it followed the law in its effort to keep flavored e-cigarettes off shelves, weighing a lawsuit from a multibillion-dollar industry that has come under scrutiny because its products are popula…

  10. Los Angeles Times

    Supreme Court weighs FDA's power to prohibit new vaping products for teens (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    Supreme Court hears arguments over the power of the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit the sale of candy-colored vaping products aimed at teenagers.

  11. NBC News

    Supreme Court hears fight over FDA's refusal to approve flavored vapes (opens NBC News)

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    WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday will hear a dispute over the Food and Drug Administration's refusal to approve flavored e-cigarettes over public health concerns.

  12. ABC 7 New York

    Supreme Court weighs FDA block on kid-friendly flavored vapes (opens ABC 7 New York)

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    ABC 7 New York's feed description

    The Supreme Court will examine if the FDA blocked the marketing and sale of more than a million new sweet and candy-flavored nicotine products.

  13. Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

    Justices to consider regulations of vapes (opens Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

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    Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's feed description

    The Supreme Court is scheduled Monday to consider the regulation of flavored e-cigarettes in a case that illustrates an enduring public health conundrum: how to keep kids away from sweet-flavored, addictive vapes while giving adult smokers better options to help them quit cigarettes.

  14. Local News 8

    Supreme Court doesn't seem convinced FDA was unfair in blocking flavored vapes as teen use increased (opens Local News 8)

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    Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A majority of Supreme Court justices didn’t seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies before refusing to allow them to sell sweet flavored vaping products following a surge in teen e-cigarette use.

  15. Courthouse News Service

    Flavored vape fight at Supreme Court goes up in smoke (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    The high court seemed skeptical that the FDA acted outside its authority to reject marketing applications for flavored e-cigarettes that could appeal to children.

  16. WUSA9

    Supreme Court will hear arguments, weigh in on regulations for flavored vapes (opens WUSA9)

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    WUSA9's feed description

    The FDA is attempting to crack down on teen vaping, saying the flavored vapes are aimed at young users.

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