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(Reuters) – The U.S. Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) together with the Customs and Border Safety (CPB) has seized greater than $18 million price of unauthorized e-cigarettes which included manufacturers reminiscent of Elf Bar, the well being regulator stated on Thursday.
About 1.4 million models have been confiscated in a joint operation at a cargo examination web site at Los Angeles Worldwide Airport, the FDA stated in a press release, because the company strikes to stem the circulation of unlawful e-cigarettes into the USA.
Elf Bar was essentially the most generally used e-cigarette model among the many youth, in keeping with the 2023 Nationwide Youth Tobacco Survey. Along with Elf Bar, different seized manufacturers included EB Create, Misplaced Mary, Funky Republic, RELX Pod and IPLAY Max.
Whereas trying to smuggle the e-cigarettes, the gadgets have been deliberately mis-declared as toys or footwear and listed with incorrect values.
Earlier on Thursday, the World Well being Group (WHO) urged governments to have tobacco-style controls and ban all flavours of e-cigarettes or vapes.
The push for stringent laws on newer nicotine merchandise comes at a time when tobacco giants like Philip Morris Worldwide (NYSE:), Altria Group (NYSE:) and British American Tobacco (NYSE:) guess on e-cigarettes to seize the rising demand for these merchandise.
