Moral Wrongs, Epistemic Wrongs, and the FDA.

Abstract

tial and daunting task in defining the roles of the FDA in the setting of e-cigarette regulation. However, defining these roles while glossing over critical corporate, political, and industry-related forces within which these roles were and are enacted establishes a weak foundation for both understanding and action. The FDA’s relationship with the e-cigarette industry is one that carries the burden of its past, and the obscurity surrounding this allows for a general skepticism that can erode institutional trust. In a social context where federal health agencies risk permanently losing their identity as unbiased public servants, transparency must be appropriately prioritized.