RENEGADE REGULATOR | FDA Chief Blocks White House Push for Flavors | RegWatch

2026-04-25

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A Wall Street Journal exclusive has raised serious questions about whether the White House and FDA are truly aligned on flavored vape approvals. The White House is reportedly pushing to allow more flavored vaping products on the market, yet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary blocked the move, preventing the authorization of menthol, mango, and blueberry flavored products from Los Angeles-based vape maker Glas. All this despite the FDA’s own tobacco scientists at the Center for Tobacco Products recommending a...

A Wall Street Journal exclusive has raised serious questions about whether the White House and FDA are truly aligned on flavored vape approvals.

The White House is reportedly pushing to allow more flavored vaping products on the market, yet FDA Commissioner Marty Makary blocked the move, preventing the authorization of menthol, mango, and blueberry flavored products from Los Angeles-based vape maker Glas. All this despite the FDA’s own tobacco scientists at the Center for Tobacco Products recommending authorization.

The conflict is hardly surprising. As we’ve reported here on RegWatch, Makary has used derisive language about nicotine vaping, repeating many recycled anti-vaping myths.

Today on RegWatch, Tony Abboud of the Vapor Technology Association breaks down the controversy, the broken PMTA process, and why vague FDA guidance continues to shut American companies out of the legal market.

Is the FDA chief a renegade regulator?

https://youtu.be/GWJa97cZPtc

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Released: April 26, 2026
Produced by: Brent Stafford

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