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Supreme Court wrestles with FDAs attempt to curb access to flavored vapes [Video]

A majority of Supreme Court justices didn’t seem convinced Monday that federal regulators misled companies as they refused to allow them to sell sweet flavored vaping products following a surge in teen e-cigarette use.The court did raise questions about the Food and Drug Administration crackdown that included denials of more than a million nicotine products formulated to taste like fruit, dessert or candy. Teen vaping use has since dropped to a decade low, but the agency could change its approach after the inauguration next month of President-elect Donald Trump, who has promised to “save” vaping.Vape companies have long marketed their products as a way to help adults quit traditional cigarettes, and say the FDA changed its standards with little warning as blocked the sale of over a million new flavored products.Justice Elena Kagan, though, was skeptical.“I guess I’m not really seeing what the surprise is here,” she said. “You knew …

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