Matthew Rimmer<p>'U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) released the following statement after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized JUUL Labs to keep selling its e-cigarettes on the U.S. market, despite a 2022 federal denial and JUUL’s shameful history of deceiving and harming children for profit' - </p><p>“For years, I have sounded the alarm on the dangers of the youth vaping epidemic and pushed FDA to use its enforcement tools, follow the law, and regulate these e-cigarettes. JUUL ignited this epidemic by addicting millions of children, and lied about the harms of their vapes—resulting in being forced to pay states nearly $1 billion for misleading promotion. Despite this shameful history, FDA ignored JUUL’s disqualifying conduct, unleashing a wave of disease and addiction on America’s children. It is clear that the Trump Administration does not care about our kids. Instead, they are giving the green light to Big Tobacco to continue lining their pockets by peddling poison.</p><p>“I call on FDA Commissioner Makary to immediately reverse this decision and will be launching an investigation into the troubling circumstances that led to this decision.”<br><a href="https://www.durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/durbin-statement-on-trumps-fda-allowing-juul-e-cigarettes-to-stay-on-the-market-addict-children" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">durbin.senate.gov/newsroom/pre</span><span class="invisible">ss-releases/durbin-statement-on-trumps-fda-allowing-juul-e-cigarettes-to-stay-on-the-market-addict-children</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/vapes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vapes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/ecigarettes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ecigarettes</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uslaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uslaw</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/uspol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>uspol</span></a></p>