The FDA’s strategy on vaping is going up in smoke — now the public is at risk

The FDA’s strategy on vaping is going up in smoke — now the public is at risk

The Food and Drug Administration is hoping to take a page out of John Kerry’s flip-flopping playbook. While running for president in 2004, Kerry tried to explain his blatant inconsistency on a spending bill by saying he was for it before he was against it. Kerry’s attempt at rhetorical origami didn’t work then, and it won’t work for the FDA now. Under federal law, tobacco and vaping products are not to be sold until they have been reviewed and a…