FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot

Editorial: Flavored vapes: Makary was right to object

Even at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, you likely will not find a physician without opinions about one of its most prominent alumni, Dr. Marty Makary, the former chair of gastrointestinal surgery at Hopkins who recently resigned as commissioner…

Flavored vapes led to a major shake-up at the FDA – 3 health policy analysts explain the science behind the controversial products

There are currently 45 approved vaping products in the U.S. Most are tobacco- or menthol-flavored; only two are fruit-flavored. Roman Mykhalchuk/iStock via Getty Images PlusThe resignation of Marty Makary, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on May 12, 2026, brought to the forefront a heated controversy over fruit-flavored nicotine vapes. Rumors had been circulating for weeks that President Donald Trump was planning to fire Ma…

FDA drops guardrails on vaping industry in major Trump pivot

The Trump administration is pivoting hard on vaping, taking down guardrails that have limited the industry’s growth in recent years and making clear the tobacco industry’s enduring influence over Washington.  In the span of two weeks, the Trump administration granted marketing authorization to four flavored vaping products and issued new guidance allowing unauthorized vapes to stay on…

Trump’s FDA Faces Backlash Over Illegal Vaping Products Staying On Shelves

Electronic cigarettes first emerged in the U.S. market around 2007, marketed as a safer alternative to traditional tobacco. By the mid-2010s, a youth vaping epidemic had exploded, driven largely by flavored products with appealing names and sleek designs. In response, federal regulators spent nearly a decade constructing guardrails — a premarket authorization system requiring companies to prove their products posed no public health threat before…

Flavored vapes led to a major shake‑up at the FDA – 3 health policy analysts explain the science behind the controversial products

by Claire L. Ma, University of Michigan; Holly Jarman, University of Michigan, and Jamie Hartmann-Boyce, UMass Amherst, [This article first appeared in The Conversation, republished with permission] The resignation of Marty Makary, commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, on May 12, 2026, brought to the forefront a heated controversy over fruit-flavored nicotine vapes. Rumors had been circulating for weeks that President Donald Tru…