, /PRNewswire/ -- The newly announced campaign by Attorney General Dave Yost to combat the flood of illegal e-cigarettes streaming into the state represents an important step to protect youth and young adults from the dangers of nicotine addiction and should serve as an example for other attorneys general across the nation. Attorney General Yost's made it clear that unless an e-cigarette is authorized by the FDA, the device is illegal. To date, the FDA has authorized only 27 e-cigarette products, all tobacco or menthol flavored.
Yet thousands of illegal e-cigarettes, many in youth-appealing flavors like cotton candy or gummy bear, remain on store shelves across the country. Retailers bear a pivotal responsibility in curbing youth e-cigarette use in their communities and must swiftly remove these products to ensure a safer future for our young people. As AG Yost points out, this is a consumer protection issue, and the thousands of unregulated, unauthorized vapes on the market pose a significant health threat.
that between 2017 and 2022, disposable e-cigarettes nearly tripled in nicotine strength, quintupled in e-liquid capacity, and dropped in price by nearly 70% — all at the expense of young people's physical and mental health. The result is that youth e-cigarette use remains a serious public health threat, with the latest showing more than 2 million high school and middle school students use e-cigarettes, with one in four vaping daily. Not only is nicotine harmful to devel.
