AMA calls for total ban on all vaping products not approved by FDA

SAN DIEGO — In the wake of the recent lung illness outbreak linked to more than 2,000 illnesses and over 40 deaths across the country and a spike in youth e-cigarette use, the American Medical Association (AMA) today called for a total ban on all e-cigarette and vaping products that do not meet Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval as cessation tools. At the Interim Meeting of the AMA House of Delegates, physicians, residents, and medical students from across the country voted to adopt policies  on the AMA’s longtime efforts to prevent another generation from becoming dependent on nicotine.

The new policies include:

• Urgently advocate for regulatory, legislative, and/or legal action at the federal and/or state levels to ban the sale and distribution of all e-cigarette and vaping products, with the exception of those approved by the FDA for tobacco cessation purposes and made available by prescription only;
• Advocate for research funding to study the safety and effectiveness of e-cigarette and vaping products for tobacco cessation purposes;