Juul Seeks PMTA for Next-Gen Device with Menthol Pods
by Juan Garcia May 16, 2024
Only the 2G device, which has a user-controlled lock and needs age verification to function, can accept the menthol refill pod. A press statement from the corporation said that the quantity of 2G devices that may be bought would be restricted.
In order to deter customers of legal age from activating vapes and then selling them to minors, Juul claims that it would also restrict the amount of activations that each age-verified user is permitted to make.
Regulating the sale of any vaping product with menthol taste is still prohibited by the FDA. Millions of PMTAs for menthol and other non-tobacco flavored vapes have been denied by the government; in fact, menthol refills for devices it has approved, such as the Vuse Vibe, have been denied. R.J. Reynolds, the producer of Vuse, is among the firms that have filed legal challenges against the menthol denial orders.
Since September 2021, the next-generation Juul device—known as the JUUL2—has been available for purchase in the UK. It's accessible in Canada as well. According to Juul's study, the JUUL2 has "improved airflow capability" over the original JUUL device, and while utilizing e-liquid with a lower nicotine level of 18 mg/mL, it provides more vapor and nicotine each puff.
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