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Fruit-flavored e-cigarettes recently authorized by the Food and Drug Administration were not significantly better at helping smokers quit than tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes, according to a new memo that\u2019s likely to stir more questions about the agency\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n

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The FDA last month gave its first OK to fruit-flavored vapes \u2014 essentially endorsing them as a less-harmful alternative to traditional cigarettes.<\/p>\n

The decision came despite the agency\u2019s longstanding position that such flavors appeal to children and must show extra health benefits to warrant approval for adults.<\/p>\n

Health groups and Washington lawmakers quickly condemned the decision and have called for an explanation.<\/p>\n

A six-page FDA memo released this week provides more details about the agency\u2019s rationale. In it, FDA regulators appear to sidestep previous statements about the risks of sweet vaping flavors while acknowledging shortcomings in the data submitted by vape manufacturer Glas Inc.<\/p>\n

To meet federal standards, companies must show that their products benefit public health. In practice, that means demonstrating that their vapes help adult smokers switch or quit cigarettes, while not attracting underage use by teens.<\/p>\n

Smokers who tried Glas vapes were much more likely to completely switch from cigarettes over the course of a three-month study, according to the memo.<\/p>\n

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But the data did not show \u201cstatistically significant differences\u201d between adults using the company\u2019s mango and blueberry flavors and those using a tobacco-flavored e-cigarette.<\/p>\n

That means the new vapes failed to meet the same bar as a handful of other flavored products previously sanctioned by the FDA, including menthol-flavored vapes from Juul and NJOY. Those companies showed that adults who used menthol were significantly more likely to cut down or quit cigarettes compared with those vaping tobacco flavors.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, FDA regulators explained that the Glas flavored vapes \u201cdid not have to demonstrate added adult benefit,\u201d because young people were unlikely to use them. Glas requires users to unlock each e-cigarette with an age-verifying cellphone app.<\/p>\n

The agency\u2019s authorization also runs counter to recent FDA guidelines advising companies that fruit and dessert flavors would have to meet \u201ca high evidentiary burden\u201d for adult use, given their risks to children. Tobacco-flavored products are not popular with teens and generally face lower regulatory hurdles at the FDA.<\/p>\n

The FDA document is also unusual in its brevity.\u00a0Previous FDA memos on new vaping products typically run dozens of pages. For example, last year\u2019s document authorizing Juul\u2019s menthol e-cigarettes was more than 90 pages and included detailed scientific data from research involving 50,000 people.<\/p>\n

The short memo on Glas does not include key details, such as how many smokers the firm studied.<\/p>\n

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