Jessica Wynn

I mean, it still does.

They are behind.

That's for sure.

The FDA has authorized only a handful of products in limited flavors like tobacco and menthol.

But thousands of unauthorized disposables flood the market.

If you walk into a store, most of those probably aren't supposed to be on the shelves.

And many are manufactured overseas and sold illegally in the U.S.

as tech products.

And the FDA just can't keep up with the enforcement.

Yeah.

And I mean, the FDA is pretty much playing a game of regulatory whack-a-mole.

So kids are buying products designed to look like highlighters or toys, you know, even school supplies that are sold as things called tanks or pods.

You know, they're not labeled as a vape or an e-cigarette.

I mean, are kids running these companies?

You know, I mean, they literally look like school supplies and they're often manufactured in China, smuggled into the U.S.

and sold without approval.

And they often contain even higher nicotine levels than legal products.

I mean, that's the reality.

Reports estimate illegal vaping products make up a huge chunk of the U.S.

market.