What medical experts are calling a Juul-driven youth nicotine epidemic is gaining heightened attention from regulators like the Food and Drug Administration, which on Thursday said it is seeking a nationwide ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars and will sharply restrict the sales of fruity-flavored nicotine vaping cartridges
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However, some countries in the region, such as Argentina, Brazil, Panama, and Venezuela, have prohibited the sale of e-cigarettes altogether
For decades, this type of advertising has helped tobacco companies recruit new smokers and keep Native people addicted
Some people believe it's a safe alternative to smoking since it isn't linked to lung cancer
doi: 10.3389/fphys.2025.1684729 Received 14 August 2025 Accepted 07 October 2025 Published 16 October 2025 Volume 16 - 2025 Edited by Pooja Shivshankar, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States Reviewed by Pundrik Jaiswal, National Institutes of Health (NIH), United States Marie-Francoise Joelle Doursout, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, United States Updates Copyright 2025 Zeng and Yan