Press Announcements > FDA advances investigation into whether more than 40 e-cigarette products are being illegally marketed and outside agency's compliance policy

Press Announcements > FDA advances investigation into whether more than 40 e-cigarette products are being illegally marketed and outside agency's compliance policy



FDA advances investigation into whether more than 40 e-cigarette products are being illegally marketed and outside agency's compliance policy



Agency seeks more information from companies as it continues to pursue its Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan amid evidence of sharply rising e-cigarette use among kids

Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sent letters to 21 e-cigarette companies, including the manufacturers and importers of Vuse Alto, myblu, Myle, Rubi and STIG, seeking information about whether more than 40 products – including some flavored e-cigarette products – are being illegally marketed and outside the agency’s current compliance policy. These new actions build on those taken by the FDA in recent weeks as part of its Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan to address the epidemic of youth e-cigarette use, including cracking down on the sale and marketing of e-cigarettes to kids and educating youth about the dangers of using these products