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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lindsay Whitehurst

Regulators cracked down on sweet vapes after use by kids spiked. Now the Supreme Court is wading in.

Supreme Court Cigarette Warnings - (Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Vaping is coming before the Supreme Court next week as federal regulators ask the high court to uphold its block on sweet, flavored products following a spike in youth e-cigarette use.

The Food and Drug Administration has denied more than a million marketing applications for candy- or fruit-flavored products that appeal to kids, part of a wider crackdown that advocates say helped drive down teen vaping after an “epidemic level” surge in 2019.

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