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A nicotine warning statement requirement became effective in September 2018, the minimum legal age for tobacco and nicotine sales was raised to 21 years (Tobacco to 21 Act [T21]) in December 2019, and a January 2020 enforcement policy limited the sale of cartridge-based ENDS to only tobacco and menthol flavors.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Objective<\/jats:title>To track the presence of the nicotine warning statement, youth appeals, and flavor cues in the advertisements of 3 ENDS brands with marketing authorization during the implementation of the US federal tobacco policies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design, Setting, and Participants<\/jats:title>In this qualitative study, a content analysis was conducted on ENDS advertisements in the market from November 18, 2015, to June 26, 2022. All mobile, online display, outdoor, and print advertisements from the 3 US ENDS brands with marketing granted orders as of June 2022 were collected through Vivvix, a commercial advertisement intelligence company. Advertisements were excluded if they targeted businesses rather than consumers, contained display errors that were unretrievable, or were duplicates. Data analysis was completed in March 2024.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Exposure<\/jats:title>The nicotine warning statement requirement, T21, and the flavor enforcement policy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcomes and Measures<\/jats:title>Nicotine warning statement compliance and presence of youth-appealing features (eg, young models, sports, and sex appeal) and nonmenthol, nontobacco flavor cues (eg, images of food, characterizing words like sweet<\/jats:italic> or fruity<\/jats:italic>) in ENDS advertisements before and after policy implementation.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>Of the 614 advertisements analyzed, the proportion containing the nicotine warning statement increased from 18 of 83 (21.7%) in the year preceding policy implementation to 147 of 152 (96.7%) in the subsequent year (\u03c72<\/jats:sup>1<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u2009144.5; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). The proportion of advertisements containing any youth-appealing features increased from 35 of 171 (20.5%) in the year before T21 to 64 of 143 (44.8%) in the year after T21 (\u03c72<\/jats:sup>1<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u200921.28; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). There was no significant difference in flavor cues in the advertisements in the year before the flavor enforcement policy (30 of 161 [18.6%]) and those in the following year (38 of 149 [25.5%]) (\u03c72<\/jats:sup>1<\/jats:sub>\u2009=\u20092.13; P<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009.14).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>This qualitative study found immediate compliance with nicotine warning statements but no significant reduction in use of flavor cues and an increase in youth-appealing features in the first year after regulatory measures. 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