The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating Puff Bar, an e-cigarette seller, after it began selling fruit-flavor disposable vaporizers on its website despite an FDA ban.
The agency put a ban on fruity e-cigarettes due to the high popularity of the addictive substance among teenagers. Puff Bar changed their e-cigarettes by using tobacco-free nicotine to get around the ban, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The FDA told The Hill that it is investigating the new move by Puff Bar and did not say if the tobacco-free nicotine was enough to get around the FDA’s ban.
“The FDA is aware that Puff Bar’s web site says that they are offering products for sale with claims they contain ‘tobacco-free nicotine,’” the spokesperson said.
The agency ordered a ban on fruity vaping products last July under the Trump administration, targeting Puff Bar and nine other companies. They said the companies never got permission to sell the product and that it was negatively affecting young people.
Lexi Lonas – The Hill – March 02, 2021.
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