The ban applies to all tobacco products offering mint and fruit flavors in cartridges.

Though flavored tobacco products will still be available in the US, cartridge-based tobacco products will no longer be up for sale. The ban is a response to escalating worries about the adverse health effects linked to these products. In the US, there have been 55 confirmed deaths and 2,500 hospitalizations due to the usage of flavored tobacco products. President Donald Trump underlined the need to shield families while acknowledging the significance of the industry.

The US has decided to follow other nations in the ban on flavored tobacco products due to health apprehensions. Numerous major markets worldwide have already taken steps to eliminate these tobacco products. Countries like China, Brazil, India, and South Korea have imposed restrictions on such products.

There have been specific concerns about the risk flavored tobacco products pose to teenagers in the US. The US Food and Drug Administration has observed a rising trend in teenagers using these products. These concerns arise as activists fear teenagers may switch to menthol cigarettes and tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes if access to flavored cigarettes is curtailed.