Breaking News: FDA Cracks Down on Juul

The Food and Drug Administration has sent out 1,100 warnings to stores for illegally selling e-cigarettes to minors.

Because of this, he FDA is forcing the brands Juul, Vuse, MarkTen, Blu and Logic to submit plans within 60 days on how to keep their e-cigarettes away from minors. If the e-cigarette companies don’t comply, the companies could face being shut down.

The five companies may make plans to take away some or all of their flavors for e-cigarettes like mango, creme brulee, and fruit medley which attract teenagers.

However, students don’t believe that taking away flavors and possible regulations will affect teenagers at East.

According to senior Spencer Shipley, a large percentage of students have purchased and used their own e-cigarettes, and will continue to find ways to buy pods and e-cigarettes whether they are buying from those companies or not.

Companies like Juul have allowed bulk buying of their products, which has allowed for people 18 and older to purchase large orders to resell to minors. The companies have to change their plan for keeping products away from minors in order to stay in business.

Sophomore Ashton Emely also doesn’t think changing regulations will stop teenagers from buying and using e-cigarettes.

“Teens are always going to find a way to Juul,” Emely said. “So, I don’t think it’s going to stop kids from doing it or make that big of a difference at East.”

Changing the regulations of e-cigarettes may have a negative effect on the adults using them to recover from cigarette addictions, but the FDA has decided it is most important to prevent the younger generation from getting hooked on these nicotine-based products.

“Our mission is to eliminate cigarette smoking in the world by providing adult smokers with a true alternative to cigarettes” Juul Labs commented. “We believe flavors play an important role in helping adult smokers switch to vapor technology, which offers great potential.