YES, IT IS A WAR | Health Economist Rebukes FDA’s Campaign Against Vaping | RegWatch

RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com · Sep 10, 2026 · 32m

For nearly a decade, the U.S. vaping community has called the FDA’s campaign against nicotine vapes a war on vaping.

Beginning with the deeming rule, the agency’s aggressive action against Juul, the so-called teen-vaping epidemic, the “Real Cost” campaign, the denial of millions of PMTA applications, and FDA’s steadfast refusal to counter misinformation and set the record straight on the relative risks and benefits of vaping versus smoking—it certainly feels like a war. But is it?

In this episode of RegWatch, Dr. Raymond March, Director of FDAReview.org and Research Fellow at the Independent…