Juul gets a surprise visit from the FDA as part of agency’s crackdown
The Food and Drug Administration is tightening its leash on e-cigarette giant Juul Labs. On Friday, the FDA conducted a surprise inspection of the company’s headquarters, and took thousands of pages of documents in the process, CNBC reports.
The inspection was part of the FDA’s efforts to curb youth vaping, the agency says in an email to The Verge. “The new and highly disturbing data we have on youth use demonstrates plainly that e-cigarettes are creating an epidemic of regular nicotine use among teens,” the FDA says.
Back in April, the agency asked Juul to turn over information that might explain why the devices are so popular with young people. And on Friday, inspectors went to find documentation about Juul’s sales and marketing...