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.

Federal health officials will allow Juul to keep selling its electronic cigarettes. The Food and Drug Administration said Thursday that Juul's benefits as a less harmful alternative for adult smokers outweigh the risks of teen use.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said that it will allow Juul to market its e-cigarette device and tobacco and menthol refill cartridges. The agency said the products may help adult smokers quit traditional cigarettes.

The U.S. FDA's panel of independent advisers on Thursday recommended against GSK's blood cancer drug Blenrep, citing concerns about previously documented risks of eye-related side effects, sending the British drugmaker's U.

GSK Plc shares tumbled after its blood cancer drug failed to secure the backing of a panel of US regulatory advisers, putting its approval in doubt.