---
title: "Feds Cracking Down on Vaping Companies for “Breaking the Law”"
description: "On Tuesday, the feds took their first legal action against six e-cigarette companies, all of which have been accused of selling vaping products illegally."
date: "2022-10-20"
modified: "2022-10-20"
authors:
  - name: "Maggie Harrison Dupré"
    job_title: "Senior Staff Writer"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/mharrison"
url: "https://futurism.com/neoscope/feds-cracking-down-vaping-law"
categories:
  - "Developments"
  - "Health & Medicine"
tags:
  - "e-cigarettes"
  - "fda"
  - "vape"
  - "vaping"
---

# Feds Cracking Down on Vaping Companies for “Breaking the Law”

![On Tuesday, the feds took their first legal action against six e-cigarette companies, all of which have been accused of selling vaping products illegally.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/feds-cracking-down-vaping-law.jpg>)
*\<em\>Image: Olena Bohovyk/Futurism\</em\>*

The US government has declared war with the vaping industry.

On Tuesday, the feds took their [first legal action](<https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-doj-seek-permanent-injunctions-against-six-e-cigarette-manufacturers?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>) against six e-cigarette companies, all of which have been accused of selling e-cigarettes illegally.

"Today, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of the US Food and Drug Administration, filed complaints for permanent injunctions in federal district courts against six e-cigarette manufacturers," reads a [press release](<https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-doj-seek-permanent-injunctions-against-six-e-cigarette-manufacturers?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>) from the FDA.

For context, the FDA requires all tobacco products, including vapes and e-cigarettes, to be submitted for approval before being sold. According to the regulator, the six e-cigarette makers in question — including companies like "Super Vape'z" and "Seditious Vapours" — decided to go to market without asking for permission first.

"Each of these defendants failed to submit premarket applications for their e-cigarettes and have continued to illegally manufacture, sell, and distribute their products," the FDA's release continues, "despite previous warning from the FDA that they were in violation of the law."

It goes without saying: legal action is way overdue. After all, the industry was already accused of specifically [peddling their toxic products to minors](<https://www.bbc.com/news/business-62813896#:~:text=The%20investigation%20into%20Juul's%20marketing,announced%20the%20settlement%20on%20Tuesday.>). Once the Surgeon General sounded the alarm, it was already too late — vaping, as anyone who has ever unintentionally walked through a cloud of mango vapor knows, is still [absolutely everywhere](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/vaping-kids-hooked-nicotine>).

But better late than never. The FDA's latest actions could set a precedent moving forward. If the government wins out, the companies — at least the ones named in the regulator's announcement — will be barred from selling their products permanently.

"Today's enforcement actions represent a significant step for the FDA in preventing tobacco product manufacturers from violating the law," Brian King, director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products, [said in a statement](<https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/fda-doj-seek-permanent-injunctions-against-six-e-cigarette-manufacturers?utm_medium=email&utm_source=govdelivery>). "We will not stand by as manufacturers repeatedly break the law, especially after being afforded multiple opportunities to comply."

**READ MORE:** *[Six vaping companies are getting sued by the federal government](<https://www.theverge.com/2022/10/18/23411550/fda-vape-ecigarette-injunction-manufacturers-doj>)* \[*The Verge*\]

**More on poison juice:** *[Bad News, Boys! Vaping Linked to Erectile Dysfunction](<https://futurism.com/neoscope/bad-news-boys-vaping-linked-to-erectile-dysfunction>)*

## Author
At Futurism, I've reported extensively on the rise of AI as a cultural and business force shaping the media industry, and more broadly how those dynamics are changing how we all consume and share information and relate to one another. I'm also fascinated by public health policy and ethics, the role of emerging tech in politics and governance — and the powerful people and forces at those intersections — climate change, and the environment. My investigation on Sports Illustrated's use of AI-generated authors with fictional biographies won a 2024 Mirror Award for "Best Story on Media Coverage of Artificial Intelligence in Journalism and the Media" from Syracuse University's SI Newhouse School, I contributed to Niemen Lab's 2025 Predictions for Journalism series, and I've discussed my work for Futurism during appearances on NPR, CNN, the BBC, the CBC, and more. I grew up in rural Pennsylvania and attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where I played Division I field hockey for the Minutewomen as a midfielder. Since then, I've lived in New Orleans, Louisiana and Manhattan, New York. I spend my free time running, reading, perusing archival fashion, and searching for the world’s best negroni. I also have a debonair tuxedo cat, Westley, who's named after "The Princess Bride."

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