Wednesday, 2 April 2025 () The American Supreme Court upheld the FDA's decision to reject applications from manufacturers of flavored e-cigarette liquids, citing the need to protect public health under the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. E-cigarettes, popular among middle and high school students, contain addictive nicotine and harmful chemicals posing significant health risks including toxicity and lung injury.
Although smoking rates have gone down over the past decades, tobacco remains a key national public health issue. According to the FDA, nearly one out of every five U.S. adults report using tobacco..
A health minister says the system NHS England staff were working in was "set up to fail", after Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer announced he would abolish the body and bring management of the health..