{"id":231409,"date":"2026-05-14T14:14:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/231409\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T14:14:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T14:14:17","slug":"news-12-brooklyn-fda-policy-shift-allows-sale-of-flavored-e-cigarettes-sparking-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/231409\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | Brooklyn | Fda Policy Shift Allows Sale Of Flavored E Cigarettes Sparking Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">A major policy shift is sparking debate after the FDA allowed the sale of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Sen. Richard Blumenthal criticized the move, calling it a \u201cmassive gift\u201d to vaping companies.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">He argued the decision could make it easier for young people to start using flavored e-cigarettes and become addicted to nicotine.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">\u201cThe severe downside of these flavored vaping products is that they promote young people beginning to vape and use tobacco products,\u201d Blumenthal said.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Blumenthal also called the move a win for tobacco and e-cigarette companies.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Former President Donald Trump pushed back on the criticism, saying banning flavored products could lead to counterfeit items.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">He argued regulated products are safer and framed the issue as a balance between safety and demand.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The decision highlights an ongoing debate over youth vaping concerns and access to regulated nicotine products.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A major policy shift is sparking debate after the FDA allowed the sale of fruit-flavored e-cigarettes. Sen. Richard&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-231409","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}