FDA Bans Most Flavored Vape Pods. Altria's Juul Stake Could Benefit, Analyst Says Barron's FDA bans fruit and mint flavored e cigarette cartridges The FDA has ordered R.J. Reynolds to stop selling its popular Vuse Alto menthol e cigarettes, a decision the company immediately said it would challenge in court. The FDA is expected, perhaps by Juul stops selling mint ahead of anticipated federal ban on most e cigarette flavors