FDA authorizes first fruit flavored e cigarettes in US amid political pressure Reuters Minty vapes will stay on shelves as FDA continues its flavor crackdown The Verge The FDA spent years trying to restrict flavored vapes because flavors clearly appeal to kids and teens. Now, after heavy lobbying from the vaping industry and reported pressure from Trump to approve Trump called. FDA jumped. Flavored vapes approved. All to pad Big Tobacco's profits by getting young people hooked. The FDA used to be independent.