Fight over fruit-flavored vapes pushed FDA chief to resign

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Dr. Marty Makary was at odds with officials in the Trump administration as pressure mounted from the president and the tobacco industry to allow the flavored vape products.

The internal pressure to force FDA chief Dr. Marty Makary's resignation was not limited to the vaping dispute, with officials at HHS and the White House growing increasingly unhappy with his policy pushes.Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images file

May 14, 2026, 7:05 PM EDT

By Berkeley Lovelace Jr., Monica Alba and Matt Dixon

Dr. Marty Makary’s final days leading the Food and Drug Administration were consumed by internal fights over the Trump administration’s policy prescriptions. President Donald Trump’s push to lift a ban on fruit-flavored e-cigarettes may have been the last straw.

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