The Food and Drug Administration announced on Tuesday its first authorization of fruit-flavored electronic cigarettes intended for adult smokers. This marks a major policy shift for the agency.
The decision follows years in which the FDA worked aggressively to regulate flavored vapes. The move comes after the vaping industry spent months making appeals to President Donald Trump.
The approval delivers on a campaign promise from President Trump to save vaping. The president had stated that approval for nicotine and fruit-flavored vapes was not fast enough and reportedly pressed the FDA commissioner to authorize the products.