The FDA's legal license to prohibit menthol as a "characterizing flavor" in cigarettes comes from the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act
Gournay LR, Petry J, Bilsky S, Hill MA, Feldner M, Peters E, Bonn-Miller M, Leen-Feldner E
It's reported that PM's application was 2 million pages long, yet it may give Philip Morris the chance to be the first to earn the ability to tell consumers its e-cigs are safer, a development that could give it a huge competitive advantage and change how electronic cigarettes are seen.
Abbreviations: AM (alveolar macrophage), BAL (bronchoalveolar lavage), DC (dendritic cell), e-cig (e-cigarette), e-cig vaped extract (EVE), gen (generation), h (hour), min (minute), NK (natural killer), PG (propylene glycol), THC (tetrahydrocannabinol), VG (vegetable glycerin) Oral Mucosa The mouth is the first point of contact for e-cigarette aerosols entering the body