JUUL GETS ITS CROWN — The FDA authorized Juul’s applications on Thursday to sell e-cigarettes in the U.S., determining they’re “appropriate for the protection of public health” because their benefits to adult smokers of combustible cigarettes outweigh the risks to nonsmoking youths.

The Food and Drug Administration is allowing vaping brand Juul to keep its e-cigarettes on the market, providing relief to a company that has struggled for years after being widely blamed for sparking the teen vaping trend.