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Unannounced inspection
The FDA conducted an unannounced inspection o Juul labs San Francisco's headquarters, seeking more information about the company's sales and marketing practices. -
Underage users
After the FDA expresses concern that juul in luring in unerage users, the company shuts down and accounts, and limits Twitter presence to "non-Promotional communications only". -
Restrictions
FDA issues new guidelines restricting the sale of most flavored tobacco products, including e-cigarettes, at convenience stores, gas stations, and pharmacies. -
Medical groups
Seven public health and medical groups and several pediatricians file against the FDA for not following proper requirements when the agency gave e-cigarette companies more time to submit their products for review. -
Seizures
The FDA notifies the public that is has received reports of people experiencing a seizure following the use of e-cigarettes. -
Banning begins
San Francisco, home to Juul headquarters, becomes first US city to ban e-cigarettes. -
FDA Approval
A US District Court judge in Maryland gave e-cigarette companies until May 12, 2020, to submit premarket tobacco applications to the FDA for approval. -
Anti-vaping commercials
The FDA launches new anti-vaping commercials as part of The Real Cost, the agency's nearly $60 million smoking prevention campaign. In the TV ads, a street magician uses tricks to educate teens on the risks of using e-cigarettes. -
Seizures
FDA releases a statement saying it's now received a total of 127 reports of seizure or other neurological symptoms, such as fainting or tremors, that occurred after vaping between 2010 and 2019. -
Files suit
The Vapor Technology Association, which represents hundreds of vaping companies, files suit against the FDA to delay regulators' review of the e-cigarettes currently on the market. -
First death
The Illinois Department of Public Health said a person who had "recently vaped and was hospitalized with severe respiratory illness" had died. The death may be in the US, according to the Associated Press. -
Lung illness
Juul CEO Kevin Burns calls the recent string of lung illnesses potentially linked to vaping "worrisome" and urges nonsmokers to avoid using Juul. "If there was any indication that there was an adverse health condition related to our product, I think we'd take very swift action," Burns said in a CBS This Morning interview. -
More deaths
Severe lung disease linked to vaping took another life, according to The New York Times. The unidentified person was hospitalized after vaping THC using a product bought at an Oregon recreational marijuana shop, the Times said. The patient was "otherwise healthy and quickly became very ill," a public health physician and lead investigator in the case told the paper. -
Urging people to stop vaping
A third life was claimed by severe lung injury related to vaping, Thursday. After news of the individual's death, federal health authorities urged people to stop using e-cigarette products while they investigate about 450 cases of the mysterious illness in 33 states. -
Michigan first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes
Governor announces coming ban on any flavored e-cigarettes so that young people will want to stop vaping.
