JUUL GETS ITS CROWN — The FDA authorized Juul’s applications on Thursday to sell e-cigarettes in the U.S., determining they’re “appropriate for the protection of public health” because their benefits to adult smokers of combustible cigarettes outweigh the risks to nonsmoking youths.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the sale of Juul Labs' e-cigarette device and refill cartridges in tobacco and menthol flavors, after years of struggle with heightened regulatory scrutiny,

U.S. regulators authorized Juul Labs to keep its e-cigarettes on the U.S. market, breathing new life into the vaping company after a 2022 federal ban pushed it to the brink of bankruptcy.The decision removes Juul from the limbo it has been mired in since then,