{"id":2009834,"date":"2023-08-23T18:35:01","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T22:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-tells-vape-companies-to-stop-marketing-to-children\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T18:38:24","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T22:38:24","slug":"fda-tells-vape-companies-to-stop-marketing-to-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-tells-vape-companies-to-stop-marketing-to-children\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA warns vape companies against targeting minors."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffda-tells-vape-companies-to-stop-marketing-to-children%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2009834&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>The FDA Warns E-Cigarette Manufacturers: Stop Targeting \u200cYouth!<\/h2>\n<p>The Food and Drug \u2062Administration\u2064 (FDA) has issued a \u2064strong warning to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durbin-concerned-biden-isnt-doing-enough-to-stop-illegal-e-cigarettes\/\" title=\"Durbin 'concerned' Biden isn't doing enough to stop illegal e-cigarettes\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/juul-labs-will-shell-out-40-million-for-ads-targeting-minors\/\" title=\"JUUL Labs Will Shell Out  Million For Ads Targeting Minors\">e-cigarette<\/a> manufacturers<\/a>, urging them to immediately cease \u2062marketing their products towards young\u2064 people. In an effort to combat this concerning trend, the agency has \u200csent warning letters to 15 companies that are\u2062 selling\u2063 e-cigarettes\u2062 designed \u200cto appeal to youth.<\/p>\n<p>These products, some of which bear the likeness of popular characters like SpongeBob SquarePants and\u2064 Mario, as well as familiar items \u200dlike Game Boy and stuffed \u2063bears, are being deemed as\u2064 &#8220;illegal products&#8221; by the\u200c FDA. The agency is determined to bring these products to the\u200c attention of parents, teachers, and all adults \u2064as the new school year\u2062 approaches.<\/p>\n<h3>A Shameless Attempt to Target\u2064 Kids<\/h3>\n<p>The \u200dFDA&#8217;s Center for Tobacco\u2063 Products Director, Brian King, expressed his strong disapproval of \u200bthese marketing tactics, stating, &#8220;The design of \u200dthese \u2063products is a shamelessly egregious attempt to target kids. It\u2019s a tough sell that adults using e-cigarettes\u2063 to transition away from cigarettes need them to look \u2063like SpongeBob in order \u2063to do so \u200bsuccessfully.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In response to\u2064 this \u2062alarming situation, the FDA has recently launched the Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center, \u200cproviding\u200d valuable\u2064 resources and \u200cprevention materials to combat the rise of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/durbin-pressures-fda-and-hhs-to-crack-down-on-e-cigarettes-after-delayed-review\/\" title=\"Durbin pressures FDA and HHS to crack down on e-cigarettes after delayed review\">youth e-cigarette<\/a> use.<\/p>\n<p>The FDA has given the\u2062 companies 15 \u2063days to respond with a plan \u2063of action, outlining how they\u200b will \u200crectify \u200dtheir violations and\u2064 prevent future ones. Failure\u2064 to comply may result in injunctions, \u200cseizures,\u200c and civil money \u200bpenalties.<\/p>\n<p>Ann\u200c Simoneau, the Director of the Office of Compliance and Enforcement\u200b at the FDA&#8217;s Center \u2062for Tobacco Products, emphasized the agency&#8217;s commitment to holding everyone accountable, stating,\u200c &#8220;As always, we will hold anyone accountable \u200bthat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fda-tells-vape-companies-to-stop-marketing-to-children\/\" title=\"FDA warns vape companies against targeting minors.\">sells unauthorized\u2062 tobacco \u200cproducts\u200b labeled<\/a>, advertised, and\/or designed \u2062to encourage \u2064use by our nation\u2019s youth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Study Reveals Alarming Trends<\/h3>\n<p>The FDA&#8217;s warnings come in the wake \u200cof a study conducted on August 14, which found no significant decrease in youth e-cigarette consumption after\u2062 the FDA\u2063 began regulating sweet-flavored cartridges\u2062 in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>According to the study, approximately\u200b 84% of teens who used sweet-flavored cartridges in 2019 continued to \u2064use \u200de-cigarettes in some\u2064 form in 2021, even after\u2062 the\u200d ban was\u200b implemented. \u200bShockingly, 7% of teens who did not report using e-cigarettes \u2064in\u2064 2019 started using them by 2021.<\/p>\n<p>The study also highlighted the ineffectiveness of restrictions and enforcement efforts \u200dthat only cover a subset of\u2064 products. It stated, &#8220;Restrictions\u2064 and enforcement efforts that only cover\u2064 a subset of products may be ineffective at preventing youth flavored \u200ce-cigarette use.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It is crucial for \u2064everyone to be aware of these \u2062concerning trends and\u2063 take\u200b action to protect our nation&#8217;s youth \u200bfrom the dangers of e-cigarette use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to read more from The Washington \u200dExaminer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The FDA warned e-cigarette makers to cease targeting youth. 15 companies received letters for selling products resembling SpongeBob, Mario, Game Boy, stuffed bears, and school items.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2009835,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009834","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}