( July 18, 2023, 1:05 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D. C. — The Food and Drug Administration filed a brief urging the U. S. Supreme Court to deny a petition for a writ of certiorari filed by flavored vape companies seeking review of a Fourth Circuit U. S. Court of Appeals ruling upholding the FDA’s ban of their products, which the FDA says was not arbitrary or capricious and does not warrant high court review. . . .