Prognosis
FDA Needs Better Strategy to Reduce Smoking and Vaping, Report Says
- Enforcement should be government-wide priority, report says
- Agency has been criticized for how it has regulated vaping
Many public health groups have long called for the FDA to remove flavored e-cigarette products from the market, citing their use among youth.
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The US Food and Drug Administration’s tobacco division lacks a clear strategy to regulate the industry and reduce smoking, according to an outside review requested by the agency’s commissioner.
The Center for Tobacco Products is reacting to problems instead of being ready to deal with them, said the report from the Reagan-Udall Foundation, a nonprofit helping with oversight of an agency that’s come under fire over its regulation of tobacco products such as flavored vapors popular among youth.