Due to a new FDA order, Juul will stop selling and distributing e-cigarette devices. You need to have 4 types of Juul pods.
Food and Drug Administration has potential health Due to lack of data and evidence to assess risk, Juul was ordered to stop selling e-cigarette products and remove them from stores.
By FDA order, Juul must stop selling and distributing e-cigarette devices, along with four Juul pods offered in Virginia tobacco and menthol flavors.
This order does not prevent consumers from owning or using Juul products.
So far, the FDA has found no evidence that e-cigarettes or pods pose an imminent health threat. However, the agencysaid there was "insufficient and inconsistent data" about the toxicity of theproduct and "potentially harmful chemicals leaching from the company's own electronic liquid pods". ..
"The FDA is responsible for ensuring that tobacco products sold in this country meet the standards set by law, but that the products meet these standards. The responsibility for proving is ultimately the responsibility of the company, "Mital, acting director of the Michele FDA's Tobacco Products Center, said in a statement.
"Like all manufacturers, Juul had the opportunity to provide evidence that marketing of its products meets these criteria," she added. "But the company didn't provide that proof and instead left an important question."
Juul didn't immediately respond to the request for comment.
This is a developing story.
Aria Bendix is NBC News Digital's latest health reporter.
