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I'm not in favor of firing this guy.

But what the hell business does the FDA have in regulating which flavors of vapes are sold? That's like saying you can sell peanut candy bars but not caramel.

Yes I get the logic that some flavors appeal more to kids, but honestly I think it's crap. Whether they do appeal more to kids or not, it's restricting the use of a legal product by adults. That's not how a Free Country is supposed to work. This to me is no different than trying to demand IDs to watch porn online. Protecting kids is honorable, reducing freedom to (supposedly, but not really) protect kids is not what America is supposed to be.

As I see it, if kids are vaping, that's a parental problem that should be solved by parents. If you don't teach your kids not to smoke or vape you're a bad parent.

I don't care whether your gay or straight. e-cigs are still not good for you!

He looks like this dude if he had just been caught doing something really bad. Good he was able to get out in some way, hope he can find a place where he's not forced to obey Pedon Trum and his goons.

Ecigs and vapes are different things. That is a life or death distinction.

But Makary’s stance was in conflict with Trump’s “save vaping” campaign promise

That's funny because it was Trump and his FDA that introduced the PMTA during his first term and the reason why 95% of the industry had to close up shop.

The whole no fruty flavors has always seemed an out of touch rule. Kids using any addictive substances is not good, but a few decades ago it was commonplace for kids to be cought smoking analog cigs. Ecigs are safer and have gotten more people to quit than just about anything, but they are also easier for a non smoker to get into. I think the problem is with how kids are getting access to them (from shady illegal online dealers mostly).

That said before big tobacco got involved the older style nicotine isolate vapes were much better at actually getting people to quit smoking. They don't give the same level of instant nicotine high you can get from the modern salt nicotine and if you are trying to ween off of nicotine they lessen or remove the cravings. It also helped they weren't cool, my favorite world I've heard people call them was 'mouth fedora'

US is like a bad b-movie. The villains do everything they can to destroy the people. The companies are all evil.

Wine coolers have entered the chat.

What's up with fruity e-cigs?!

Makary’s insiders said the former Johns Hopkins University cancer surgeon resigned after Trump forced his hand on authorizing fruit-flavored e-cigarettes. Makary had reportedly been resisting the sign-offs out of concern that the kid-friendly flavors could again entice youth use and addiction—something public health officials and experts have for years worked to combat. But Makary’s stance was in conflict with Trump’s “save vaping” campaign promise—and with the tobacco industry’s interests.

Earlier this month, The Wall Street Journal reported that Trump had called Makary over a weekend to scold him for not moving fast enough to authorize flavored vapes, particularly menthol, mango, and blueberry flavors from the Los Angeles manufacturer Glas. The FDA authorized those flavored products days later and issued a new policy that would make it easier to market flavored vapes.