FDA authorizes e cigarette, citing smoker benefit Los Angeles Times FDA authorizes two more RJR tobacco e cigs and lets menthol remain on the market, ignoring its own conclusion that menthol reinforces nicotine addiction in kids' developing brains Stanton Glantz blog 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 Vaping and the FDA: An Updated Timeline