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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Gustaf Kilander

Juul e-cigarettes officially banned in the US

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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially ordered Juul to remove its e-cigarettes from the market.

In a press release issued on Thursday, the FDA ordered Juul to “stop selling and distributing these products” and noted that anything “currently on market must be removed, or risk enforcement action.” They emphasized that the products that fall under the ban include the Juul device and four types of “Juul pods: Virginia tobacco flavored pods at nicotine concentrations of 5.0% and 3.0% and menthol flavored pods at nicotine concentrations of 5.0% and 3.0%.”

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