The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit reportedly approved a halt on a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) order banning sales of Juul Labs’ e-cigarette products.
FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said that the marketing denial order announced on Thursday represents the agency’s “commitment to ensuring that all e-cigarette and electronic nicotine delivery system products currently being marketed to consumers meet our public health standards.” In response, Juul Labs asked the appeals to nix the “extraordinary and unlawful” order.
The company said in its filing that the FDA “cannot credibly argue that there is a critical and urgent public interest” in removing its products from the market right now “rather than after this Court reviews FDA’s action,” according to Axios.
Juul — which markets itself as an alternative to cigarettes for adult smokers — sells nicotine capsules smoked through a small device. Sales surged nearly 800% between 2017 and 2018,…
