In the suit filed Tuesday, health groups argue that the delay allows flavored tobacco products that target children and teenagers to remain on the market. The litigation comes as FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb oversees a major overhaul of tobacco regulations centered on nicotine and its addictive properties. “We need to envision a world where cigarettes lose their addictive potential through reduced nicotine levels,” he said last summer. It also has said it will take another look at menthol — which it explored banning in 2013 — and other flavors in tobacco products. On Tuesday, the groups suing the FDA pointed to a best-selling e-cigarette brand called JUUL as evidence that the FDA shouldn't delay its review of e-cigarettes.

Source: Washington Post March 27, 2018 15:56 UTC