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Knives out for FDA head Marty Makary after he blocks, then OKs vape flavors

Nypost · 🇨🇳 public China · · 1461 words · By Steven Nelson
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Knives out for FDA head Marty Makary after he blocks, then OKs vape flavors WASHINGTON — A panoply of critics is trying to take down Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr.

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Topics 3

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Knives out for FDA head Marty Makary after he blocks, then OKs vape flavors WASHINGTON — A panoply of critics is trying to take down Food and Drug Administration commissioner Dr.

Why it matters

Marty Makary — sensing blood in the water after President Trump forced him to approve flavored e-cigarettes with new “age gate” ID-verifying technology.

Common ground

The president’s over-the-weekend anger, followed by Makary’s swift capitulation on Wednesday, uncorked an outpouring of attacks, with anti-abortion campaigners, novel nicotine-delivery advocates and some administration officials joining forces to try to…

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling, Exaggeration / Hyperbole: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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fact_checkClaims Checked

eFinder analyzed this article and checked 17 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Makary approving a $240,000 grant to a “far-left” Chicago charter school, the Academy for Global Citizenship”
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One web search result mentions a collaboration at the Academy for Global Citizenship regarding school food, but there is no specific confirmation of a $240,000 grant approved by Makary in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Martin Adel Makary is a British-American surgeon, professor, author, and medical commentator who has served as the 27th commissioner of food and drugs since 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Makary
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web search NEUTRAL — Our collaboration at Academy for Global Citizenship highlights how cross-sector partnerships can support meaningful changes in school food—reducing ultra-processed items and equipping kitchen teams wi…
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/wellness-in-the-schools_it-wa…
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web search NEUTRAL — Megyn Kelly is joined by FDA Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary to discuss his new policy limiting who can serve as members on FDA advisory committees, his effort...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jd9u6ckPjvI
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Claim 2: “his hiring of Vinay Prasad... to direct the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding the appointment of Vinay Prasad to the FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.
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Claim 3: “Prasad was fired in July, but rehired weeks later”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 4: “In December, the FDA’s website announced approval of fruit-flavored vapes, including mango, from California manufacturer Glas”
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Fox Business and other news reports confirm the FDA authorized fruit-flavored vapes (specifically mentioning mango) from the Los Angeles-based manufacturer Glas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Andexanet alfa, sold under the brand name Andexxa among others, is an antidote for the medications rivaroxaban and apixaban, when reversal of anticoagulation is needed due to uncontrolled bleeding. It…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andexanet_alfa
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Fabry disease, also known as Anderson–Fabry disease, is a rare genetic disease that can affect many parts of the body, including the kidneys, heart, brain, and skin. Fabry disease is one of a group of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabry_disease
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of all airline codes. The table lists the IATA airline designators, the ICAO airline designators and the airline call signs (telephony designator). Historical assignments are also inclu…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airline_codes
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Claim 5: “George Tidmarsh, resigned in November as director of the FDA’s Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, after a lawsuit accused him of attempting to “extort and solicit a bribe.””
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Claim 6: “He went back to UC San Francisco full-time on April 30, last Thursday”
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Claim 7: “Blueberry was among the offerings approved on Wednesday.”
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Fortune and other sources explicitly state that blueberry-flavored vapes (along with mango) were among those approved following pressure from Trump on the FDA chief.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A biosimilar (also known as follow-on biologic or subsequent entry biologic) is a biologic medical product that is almost an identical copy of an original product that is manufactured by a different c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biosimilar
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Flibanserin, sold under the brand name Addyi, is a medication approved for the treatment of pre-menopausal women with hypoactive sexual desire disorder (HSDD). The medication attempts to improve sexua…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flibanserin
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Regulation of tobacco by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration began in 2009 with the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act by the United States Congress. With this statute,…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulation_of_tobacco_by_the_U…
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Claim 8: “down from a high of 27.5% of high schoolers and 10.5% of middle schoolers in 2019”
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Claim 9: “Glas... uses Bluetooth technology requiring users to scan a government ID proving they are at least 21”
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The Right Stuff/Nicotine Insider and other reports specify that Glas devices use a smartphone app requiring government ID scanning and facial recognition, pairing via Bluetooth to verify the user is of legal age.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of national founders of sovereign states who were credited with establishing a state. National founders are typically those who played an influential role in setting up the sys…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_national_founders
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web search NEUTRAL — The FDA updated public records on the PMTA authorization of a Glas vape product, renaming "Glas G Device" to "Glas G² Device" and releasing the order letter detailing scientific review and marketing r…
https://www.2firsts.com/news/special-reportfda-revises-devic…
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web search NEUTRAL — "The customer must verify their identity using our smartphone app, which includes scanning government-issued ID, facial recognition, and a sophisticated liveness check." Once verified, the device pair…
https://nicotineinsider.com/2025/06/26/the-right-stuff-glas-…
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Claim 10: “Trump recently reclassified as a Schedule III drug [marijuana]”
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Claim 11: “The White House sought the resignation of another top Makary aide, Sanjula Jain-Nagpal, in November after she announced herself as deputy chief of staff without approval from the White House.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 12: “the higher age limit signed into law by Trump in 2019.”
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While the provided Wikipedia snippets for this specific claim are generic, it is a widely documented historical fact that the federal legal age for tobacco/nicotine purchases was raised to 21 in 2019 under the Trump administration (Tobacco 21).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2019 Trump–Ukraine political scandal arose primarily from the discovery of U.S. president Donald Trump's attempts to coerce Ukraine into investigating his political rival Joe Biden and thus potent…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Trump–Ukraine_scandal
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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Claim 13: “President Trump forced him to approve flavored e-cigarettes with new “age gate” ID-verifying technology.”
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Multiple independent sources (Fox Business, AOL/Reuters, WSJ) report that President Trump pressured FDA Commissioner Marty Makary to approve flavored e-cigarettes that utilize age-verification technology.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — During his second term as President of the United States, Donald Trump has made numerous false or misleading claims. The Associated Press fact-checked several of Trump's statements from his first week…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The United States commissioner of food and drugs is the head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The commissioner is nomi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_Food_and_Drugs
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Martin Adel Makary () is a British-American surgeon, professor, author, and medical commentator who has been the 27th commissioner of food and drugs since 2025. He practices surgical oncology and gast…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Makary
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Claim 14: “Makary visited the campus last month to promote a pilot program hiring a baker to make bread and pastries.”
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The search results for 'Marty' returned information about a 1955 film, not the FDA Commissioner's activities. No evidence was found confirming a visit to the school to promote a baker program.
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web search NEUTRAL — Marty eagerly spills out his life story and ambitions, and they encourage each other. He takes Clara to his house, where he awkwardly tries to kiss her and is rebuffed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_(film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Marty: Directed by Delbert Mann. With Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli. A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance a…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048356/
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web search NEUTRAL — Bronx butcher Marty meets a teacher and finds love, but must choose between his family’s expectations and a relationship that could change his life.
https://tubitv.com/movies/312421/marty
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Claim 15: “The 2025 National Youth Tobacco Survey showed 7.1% of high school students reported past-month use of vapes, with 2.6% of middle schoolers using the devices”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 16: “Makary hosted a March 3 meeting with representatives of Arnold Ventures”
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The search results provided for this claim are irrelevant (referring to the 1955 movie 'Marty'). No evidence of a meeting with Arnold Ventures on March 3 was found.
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web search NEUTRAL — Marty eagerly spills out his life story and ambitions, and they encourage each other. He takes Clara to his house, where he awkwardly tries to kiss her and is rebuffed.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_(film)
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web search NEUTRAL — Marty: Directed by Delbert Mann. With Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Esther Minciotti, Augusta Ciolli. A middle-aged butcher and a school teacher who have given up on the idea of love meet at a dance a…
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048356/
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web search NEUTRAL — Bronx butcher Marty meets a teacher and finds love, but must choose between his family’s expectations and a relationship that could change his life.
https://tubitv.com/movies/312421/marty
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Claim 17: “Arnold Ventures... invested $20 million in a youth support initiative led by Maryland Democratic Gov. Wes Moore”
INSUFFICIENT EVIDENCE
No evidence was found in the provided search results or Wikipedia entries regarding a $20 million investment by Arnold Ventures in a youth initiative led by Gov. Wes Moore.
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