UNTETHERED | FDA’s Flavor Policy Defies Reality | RegWatch

RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com · Jul 4, 2026 · 43m

The FDA says its policy restricting flavors in nicotine vaping products is for the protection of public health. But is it? With a singular focus on youth, the agency ignores tens of millions of adult Americans who still smoke tobacco or have already switched to safer nicotine—while protecting the cigarette industry and pouring fuel on an exploding, billion-dollar illicit vape market.

In this episode of RegWatch, tobacco control expert Clive Bates dismantles FDA’s flavor guidance, the absurd comparative-efficacy standard, and the growing global push to eradicate nicotine rather than reduce…