Supreme Court Reviews FDA Ban on Flavored E-Cigarettes

The U.S. Supreme Court examined on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s refusal to let two e-cigarette companies sell flavored vape products that regulators consider a health risk to youths, while the lawyer for the businesses suggested President-elect Donald Trump could steer a different course.

The justices heard arguments in an appeal filed by the FDA under outgoing Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration of a lower court’s decision that the agency had failed to follow proper legal procedures under federal law when it rejected the applications to sell these nicotine-containing products.

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