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Fortune
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

After the FDA spent years rejecting over flavored vape products, Trump reportedly pressed his FDA chief to allow mango and blueberry flavors

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The Food and Drug Administration authorized an L.A.-based company to sell mango and blueberry-flavored products, marking a 180-degree pivot from Biden-era policies.

For the first time, the FDA under President Donald Trump has authorized the sale of fruit-flavored vape products from Los Angeles-based Glas Inc., including its Classic Menthol, Fresh Menthol products, as well as mango and blueberry-flavored pods respectively dubbed Gold and Sapphire. Each contains 5%-tobacco-derived nicotine, according to the agency. Other authorized e-cigarette products from companies like Juul Labs are either menthol or tobacco-flavored. 

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