FDA Instructs U.S. Customs to Reject Imports of Some Disposable E-Cigarettes

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has told U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to reject imports of some popular, unauthorized, disposable e-cigarettes.

The directive includes brands from more than 20 companies such as Elf Bar, Esco Bar and Eon Smoke.

U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said the companies do not have marketing authorizations and are therefore illegal. The FDA has now placed these products on the “Red List,” which means that CBP can detain shipments without inspecting them.

A 2022 federal survey by the FDA and CDC found that of the 2.6 million youth who regularly use e-cigarettes, more than half of them use disposable products. In March, these three companies sold more than 215 million units across the U.S., accounting for 12 percent of the e-cigarette market – Elf Bar made up the majority of these sales.

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NEW YORK - U.S. Senator Charles Schumer is calling on the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use a law on the books to immediately ban kid-friendly e-cigarette flavors. According to Schumer, an e-cigarette warning letter to the FDA was signed last month by a coalition that includes the American…

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While Senate Democrats put forth a resolution this week to end tariffs on Canada, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs will have a $7 billion annual impact on Upstate New York. Schumer said according to the Yale Budget Lab, the tariffs going into effect today would increase…

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Schneiderman Calls on FDA to Enact Rules for Packaging, Selling Liquid Nicotine

ALBANY - State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has joined his counterparts in Indiana and Illinois to call on federal officials to take action to prevent poisoning of children from liquid nicotine and other novel tobacco products. In a letter Tuesday to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the attorneys general…

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