{"id":6245,"date":"2025-05-26T05:55:45","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T09:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/?p=6245"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:15:51","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T11:15:51","slug":"fdas-war-on-vapes-misses-the-mark-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldvapersalliance.com\/en_gb\/fdas-war-on-vapes-misses-the-mark-again\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA’s War on Vapes Misses the Mark\u2014Again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today, FDA Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary <\/span>posted on X<\/span><\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis illegal importation stops today. I personally have observed kids from good families who have become addicted to vaping. They know they\u2019re addicted, they want to stop, and they can\u2019t stop.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s a bold statement. And also\u2014let\u2019s be honest\u2014completely missing the point.<\/span><\/p>\n

Yes, we all agree youth should not be vaping. But the idea that cracking down on \u201cillegal importation\u201d is going to magically end youth vaping is the kind of magical thinking we\u2019ve come to expect from an agency that still hasn\u2019t figured out that <\/span>supply<\/span><\/i> exists because of <\/span>demand<\/span><\/i>. And guess what\u2019s fueling that demand? FDA inaction, overregulation, and a refusal to authorize the kinds of nicotine products that <\/span>actually work<\/span><\/i> for adult smokers.<\/span><\/p>\n

U.S. youth vaping has been declining sharply since its peak in 2019<\/b>, even as the illicit market for disposable vapes surged starting in 2020. Much of the moral panic around flavored vapes ignores a crucial point: many of the young people who vape today would otherwise be smoking combustible cigarettes\u2014a far deadlier habit.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The real public health crisis? The <\/span>30+ million American adults who still smoke<\/b>. Instead of demonizing safer alternatives, regulators should focus on expanding access to harm reduction tools that help adults quit for good.<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s not pretend this is about kids when the FDA has essentially ghosted millions of adult smokers by banning or ignoring nearly every product that helped them quit cigarettes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Want to eliminate the black market? Try authorizing products people actually want.<\/b><\/p>\n

The illicit vape market exists because legal, flavored, harm-reducing options have been systematically wiped out by the FDA\u2019s \u201cdeny first, ask questions later\u201d approach. If your agency has only authorized a few tobacco-flavored vapes (mostly from Big Tobacco), then guess what? Adult vapers are going to buy flavored disposables from somewhere else.<\/span><\/p>\n

No surprise here: when you prohibit everything, everything becomes illicit.<\/span><\/p>\n

The hypocrisy is unreal.<\/b><\/p>\n

Cigarettes? Still on every gas station shelf. Alcohol? Flavored like gummy bears and fruit punch and marketed with cartoonish labels. But strawberry-mango disposable vapes for adults trying to stay off cigarettes? <\/span>Banned<\/span><\/i>. Because \u201ckids might like them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Let\u2019s be real: the FDA\u2019s crackdown isn\u2019t about protecting youth\u2014it\u2019s about protecting a broken regulatory system and shifting blame away from its own failure to create a functioning PMTA process.<\/span><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t enforce your way out of a problem you created.<\/b><\/p>\n

Until the FDA authorizes a meaningful number of safer nicotine alternatives for adults\u2014including flavored disposables\u2014the illegal market will continue to thrive. No matter how many press releases, border seizures, or performative social media posts get pushed out.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an idea: instead of acting shocked that a black market filled the vacuum left by federal incompetence, maybe fix the process. Authorize more products. Make legal access viable. Stop pretending the only way to protect kids is to punish adults.<\/span><\/p>\n

Otherwise, all this posturing is just that\u2014posturing.<\/span><\/p>\n

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in guest posts published on the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance website are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of the World Vapers\u2019 Alliance or its affiliates. The publication of third party content does not constitute an endorsement by WVA of the views expressed therein.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Today, FDA Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary posted on X: \u201cThis illegal importation stops today. I personally have observed kids from good families who have become addicted to vaping. They know they\u2019re addicted, they want to stop, and they can\u2019t stop.\u201d That\u2019s a bold statement. And also\u2014let\u2019s be honest\u2014completely missing the point. 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