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Former FDA commissioner calls for a full ban on pod-based e-cigarettes

The former FDA chief is calling on the agency to pan all pod-based e-cigarettes, which could eliminate every U.S. product sold by companies like Juul and Njoy.
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb

Former Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb is done playing nice on e-cigarettes. He’s calling on the agency to ban all pod-based e-cigarettes, a move that would likely eliminate every product sold in the U.S. by companies like Juul and Njoy.

In a far-reaching and strikingly candid speech at Harvard University on Tuesday evening, the Trump appointee plans to rail against top e-cigarette makers for their role in what he calls the “travesty on top of a

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