Statement in response to the removal of Brian King, former CTP Director:

Published on April 3, 2025

“The removal of Brian King from a position of leadership impacting millions of Americans is the first step in correcting the broken mindset that has crippled the FDA and the Center for Tobacco Products over the past four years. The next step is fixing the broken regulation that allowed CTP, under King’s leadership, to make politically motivated decisions that have done nothing to save the 480,000 Americans who die from smoking every year. Instead of following the science, as was his mandate, he chose to ignore it, standing in the way of President Trump’s campaign promise to save flavored vaping.
VTA applauds President Trump and Secretary Kennedy for taking decisive action and looks forward to working together to ensure Americans have access to less harmful flavored vaping products and that America is Made Healthy Again.”