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Title: FDA restricts all flavored e-cigarettes; moves to ban menthol
Post by: mozart123 on November 17, 2018, 06:51:11 PM
The Food and Drug Administration announced two major attacks on the tobacco industry Thursday, saying it will start the process to ban menthol in cigarettes and limit sales of flavored e-cigarettes to youths.

The FDA's long-deliberated moves are driven by new figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showing a 78 percent increase in vaping by high school students, with 3.6 million high school and middle school students now using e-cigarettes.

Calling the numbers “astonishing," FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said he was stepping up his agency’s actions to curb youth vaping.

https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-restricts-all-flavored-e-cigarettes-moves-ban-menthol-n936471?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma