SALT LAKE CITY The Food and Drug Administration is slated to decide Thursday how or if e-cigarette companies can continue selling their products.<\/p>\n
The agency is now reviewing millions of premarket tobacco product applications (or PMTAs) from e-cigarette companies.<\/p>\n
Essentially, the companies are required to prove to the FDA that their products are safe enough to continue to be sold in the United States.<\/p>\n
In recent years, the FDA has been under mounting scrutiny from policymakers and public health leaders after e-cigarettes grew more popular among teens and other youth groups.<\/p>\n
Until now, companies have been able to sell and market their products under limited restrictions.<\/p>\n
Elite Smoke & Vape In Murray is one business that could be impacted by the FDAs decision.<\/p>\n
Owner Ryan Delahuerta speculated what could happen.<\/p>\n
We are going to see our wall of e-juice shrink down to probably just a couple of brands, said Delahuerta.<\/p>\n
He explained that his vaping inventory makes up 70 percent of his sales.<\/p>\n
Delahuerta also told FOX 13 News that this change will reinforce the sale of e-cigarettes through alternative, shadier markets.<\/p>\n
Youre already seeing a black market emerge on social media selling these, thats unregulated, and thats where teens can get ahold of them,\" he said.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, one medical professional told FOX 13 News that he considers this a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n
Its a good part of public health strategy because it will probably limit the number of youths from using e-cigarettes, said Sean Callahan, a professor of medicine at the University of Utah.<\/p>\n
He adds that some adults could be unhappy with the outcome because these vaping products have helped them with their smoke cessation efforts.<\/p>\n
Just last week, CNN reported that the FDA blocked the sale of more than 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products.<\/p>\n
It was the first ban on products of that kind since PMTAs had to be submitted in September 2020.<\/p>\n
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