Charlie's Holdings, Inc. announced a new strategic imperative: developing patented age-gating technology to address significant concerns raised by U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) over the use of Electronic Nicotine Delivery System (ENDS) products by underage consumers. Charlie's is determined to address this issue. If the Company's age-gated nicotine disposable e-cigarettes-in-development are recognized as "products of merit" by the FDA, Charlie's e-cigarettes could emerge among the select minority of flavored e-cigarettes able to be sold legally in the $7 billion U.S. market.

By launching this strategic initiative, Charlie's has endeavored to make the company's PACHA™ disposable e-cigarette products among the select few - or the only - flavored e-cigarettes able to be sold legally in the United States.