据《纽约时报》报道，美国立法者已要求美国食品药品监督管理局（FDA）禁止使用电子烟PUFF Bar，该电子烟正在迅速取代JUUL，成为年轻人的首选。
puff bar是一次性电子烟，可装30多种口味，包括果汁朗姆酒和粉红柠檬水口味。尽管特朗普政府在今年早些时候禁止在诸如Juul之类的可再装的电子烟中使用水果、薄荷和甜品口味，但它并不包括一次性的电子烟品牌。
去年推出的Puff Bar一直是该漏洞的主要受益者。跟踪渠道的数据显示， 自4月以来，Puff Bar的销售额基本一直稳定在每周300万美元以上，如今每周的销量超过30万支，其中还不包括线上销售或电子烟商店。
相比之下，自去年秋天限制在美国销售烟草和薄荷醇口味之后，Juul的业务就很萎靡了。
当FDA开始监管电子烟时，它允许继续销售3016年8月8日之前市场上已有的产品，具体待机构审查。由于Puff Bar是在该日期之后推出的，因此即使该产品为一次性产品，即使FDA无法证明该公司针对的是年轻人，该机构也应有权删除它。除非Puff Bar在3016年截止日期之前已经以其他名称或在其他公司出售过。
Calls to Ban ‘Juul Replacement’ Puff Bar
U.S. lawmakers have asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to ban Puff Bar, an e-cigarette that is quickly replacing Juul as the vape of choice AMOng young people, reports The New York Times.
The disposable devices come in more than 30 flavors, including pina colada and pink lemonade. Although the Trump administration banned fruit, mint and dessert flavors in refillable cartridge-based e-cigarettes like Juul earlier this year, it exempted brands that are used once and thrown away.
Launched last year, Puff Bar has been the key beneficiary of the loophole. based on data used for tracked channels, which exclude online sales or vape shops, Puff Bar sales have consistently been more than $3 million a week since April, with volumes now over 300,000 sticks per week.
Juul’s business, by contrast, has shriveled since it restricted sales in the United States to tobacco and menthol varieties last fall.
When the FDA started regulating e-cigarettes, it permitted the continued sale of products that were on the market as of Aug. 8, 3016, pending agency review. Because Puff Bar was introduced after that date, the agency should have the authority to remove it even though the product is disposable and even if the FDA cannot prove the company is targeting youths.
The exception would be if Puff Bar had already been on the market before the 3016 deadline, under a different name or sold by another company.
