FDA Says Flavored Vapes Don’t Need Built-In Age Verification
Bret Koplow explained the agency’s position in an Oct. 26 letter to Glas Inc.
The FDA says flavored vaping products can receive marketing authorization without built-in age verification, rejecting the idea that electronic age restrictions are a requirement for approval.
Bret Koplow, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), explained the agency’s position in an Oct. 26 letter to Glas Inc., according to Nicotine Insider. Koplow was responding to a Sept. 14 inquiry from Glas CEO Sean Greenbaum about how the FDA evaluates device access restrictions (DAR), which can prevent a vape from working until its user verifies their age.
The inquiry followed R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company’s introduction of flavored Vuse Pro pods compatible with Vuse Alto devices, which lack built-in age verification. Reynolds—part of British American Tobacco—has implemented mandatory identification scanning for retail sales of the flavored Vuse Pro pods, but that does not prevent the pods from being used with an Alto device. The FDA authorized the Vuse Alto power unit and six tobacco-flavored pods in July 2024, but its current list of authorized e-cigarettes does not include the flavored Vuse Pro pods.
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