The ban was a step in the right direction, and more needs to be done about the harm being carried out by profiteering companies. Regulation is needed not only in the nicotine sector but also in unethical AI, predictive policing, and environmental issues across the US, which would all benefit from closer government scrutiny.
The attempted prohibition represents the excessive power of the executive branch at the cost of individual liberty. The Founding Fathers did not intend that the president could dictate consumer rights.
The FDA's reversal of course is an embarrassing u-turn and has backfired on the federal government. While the FDA is supposed to approve or deny products based on scientific evidence political pressure from both Biden and Congress has been exposed, and efforts to stack the deck with fruitless "regulation" schemes are now out in the open.