Vaping company Juul ordered to pull e-cigarettes from US market

A woman exhales while vaping from a Juul pen e-cigarette(Craig Mitchelldyer/AP)

Federal health officials have ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the US market in the latest blow to the company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in teenage vaping.

The action is part of a sweeping effort by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to bring scientific scrutiny to the multibillion-dollar vaping industry after years of regulatory delays.