Is Biden Admin Trying to Suck All Joy Out of Life?: FDA Could Order Juul E-Cigarettes off the Market

With gas prices setting new record highs, inflation hovering near a 40-year high, and warnings of a potential recession, President Joe Biden’s administration is focused on the issue Americans really care about right…

Bradley CortrightJun 22, 20224 min read

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Juul faced criticism as it was blamed for underage vaping due to its fruity flavors and marketing. But it pulled its fruity flavors and cut back its marketing, and it is no longer the most popular brand among middle and high school students, according to a study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Instead, it has been replaced by Puff Bar.

So the company may have wound up on regulators’ bad side, but after making adjustments to its model, less than 6% of high school students say Juul is their go-to brand. And yet the FDA appears ready to kick the products off the market.

This is just typical of the way the government operates: too slow and way too broad with its measures.

And while the FDA has concerns about the potential health consequences, the National Institutes of Health released a study in January that found that smokers who “were using e-cigarettes daily at the end of the study were 8-fold more likely to quit cigarettes altogether” than those who did not.

The government reportedly wants to decide that Juul is very bad, therefore, even adults who can make their own risk assessments shouldn’t be able to have them.

According to Statista, Juul was by far and away the most popular nicotine vaping brand in the U.S. in 2020. And what happens when you eliminate the supply of a product, but demand remains the same or increases? Basic economics would suggest that prices would go up.

This move is just the latest regarding the tobacco industry that the Biden administration is reportedly considering.

On Tuesday, the Biden administration said it wants to issue a rule that would limit the nicotine in cigarettes to a non-addictive level. And it is also reportedly considering banning menthol cigarettes and cigars because it believes it could improve public health.

So as a majority of Americans agree that the country is going in the wrong direction, practically everything costs more, and warnings about a recession are bubbling up, the administration is stepping in to remove and further regulate products that some Americans say provide stress relief in the name of public health.

Essentially, the government is telling Americans: We really know what’s in your best interest and we’re going to take those options away from you for your own good.

That’s some nanny-state nonsense that probably won’t go over well with a lot of people.

UPDATE :

The FDA announced on Thursday it will be banning sales of Juul e-cigarettes.