Now the ban has been rescinded.

FDA regulations limit how much information can be publicly disclosed about pending applications.

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Juul manufactures e-cigarettes and e-liquid pods that heat and then vaporize nicotine salts.

The user inhales vapor instead of smoke.

There have also been concerns aboutpotentially harmful chemicalscontained in Juul’s e-liquid pods.

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