Outgoing FDA chief Scott Gottlieb released the agency's much-anticipated draft rules restricting e-cigarette sales, tightening sales and eventually remove from the market many of the fruity flavors he's blamed on fueling an 'epidemic' of teen use.
Outgoing Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb released the agency's much-anticipated draft rules restricting e-cigarette sales on Wednesday — designed to tighten sales and eventually remove from the market many of the fruity flavors he's blamed on fueling"epidemic" levels of teen use.
The FDA plans to crack down on products that are likely to entice kids, such as those designed to look like juice boxes or candy, indicating it could remove them from store shelves altogether. The proposal comes after months of pressure on the agency to control a recent surge in teen use of e-cigarettes and will be one of Gottlieb's last as commissioner. He announced last week he will step down in about a month.
In 2009, the FDA banned certain flavored cigarettes. But it excluded menthol and other tobacco products, like flavored cigars. Critics have argued to reverse the exemptions, saying the flavors appeal to kids.
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