• pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online
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    1 month ago

    It makes me sick to say it, but Trump is right on this one. If the FDA hadn’t cracked down so hard on open systems, sketchy disposable vapes wouldn’t be as prolific as they are now.

    The FDA implemented the PMTA (Premarket Tobacco product Application) process. This means that anything vaping related must get their approval before it can be sold in the US.

    This sounds good on the surface, but it’s not for two reasons: products without nicotine are considered tobacco products, and literally every SKU has to go through the process.

    A single application costs over $250,000. This means if you are an eliquid manufacturer and have 5 flavors with 4 different strengths each, you have to submit 20 applications. That money is gone if you don’t get approved, and the FDA has only approved a handful of them.

    This caused nearly every reputable manufacturer to close shop and left the sketchy companies who will just rebrand after getting shut down.

    All of this for a product that legitimate studies show is 95% safer than smoking.