Marty Makary on Flavored E-Cigarettes: warns against

Dr. Marty Makary’s refusal to authorize fruit-flavored e-cigarettes from a company called Glas Inc. was the trigger of his May 12, 2026 resignation. He treated youth-appealing flavors as a red line: CBS News reported that other administration officials pushed the authorizations through anyway, and Makary resigned days later.

Makary’s stated position is that fruit-flavored vaping products appeal to children and should not be authorized, even as the FDA continued clearing other nicotine products. After his departure, the agency cleared a series of new nicotine pouches and e-cigarettes. A White House-allied media take argued that Makary “was right to object” to the flavored-vape push.

This is Makary’s position, attributed to him and to the reporting — not medical advice.

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