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| FDA announces sweeping anti-smoking measures to target teen vaping | FDA announces sweeping anti-smoking measures to target teen vaping |
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| The US Food and Drug Administration has announced sweeping new restrictions on flavored tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes popular among teenagers in an effort to prevent a new generation of nicotine addicts. | The US Food and Drug Administration has announced sweeping new restrictions on flavored tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes popular among teenagers in an effort to prevent a new generation of nicotine addicts. |
| The much-anticipated announcement will mean that only tobacco, mint and menthol e-cigarette flavors can be sold at most traditional retail outlets such as convenience stores. Other fruity- or sweet-flavored varieties can now only be sold at age-restricted stores or through online merchants that use age-verification checks. | The much-anticipated announcement will mean that only tobacco, mint and menthol e-cigarette flavors can be sold at most traditional retail outlets such as convenience stores. Other fruity- or sweet-flavored varieties can now only be sold at age-restricted stores or through online merchants that use age-verification checks. |
| The FDA also plans to seek a ban on menthol cigarettes, a longtime goal of public health advocates, as well as flavored cigars. | The FDA also plans to seek a ban on menthol cigarettes, a longtime goal of public health advocates, as well as flavored cigars. |
| The FDA commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, said the moves are meant to prevent young people from continuing to use e-cigarettes, potentially leading to traditional cigarette smoking. | The FDA commissioner, Scott Gottlieb, said the moves are meant to prevent young people from continuing to use e-cigarettes, potentially leading to traditional cigarette smoking. |
| “We won’t let this pool of kids, a pool of future potential smokers, of future disease and death, to continue to build,” he said. “I will not allow a generation of children to become addicted to nicotine through e-cigarettes,” Gottlieb said. | “We won’t let this pool of kids, a pool of future potential smokers, of future disease and death, to continue to build,” he said. “I will not allow a generation of children to become addicted to nicotine through e-cigarettes,” Gottlieb said. |
| Juul to pull popular fruity e-cigarette flavors in bid to curb teen use | |
| The agency has faced mounting pressure to act on e-cigarettes amid their surging popularity among US teenagers in recent years. One of the most popular devices, made by San Francisco-based Juul Labs Inc, has become a phenomenon at US high schools, where “Juuling” has become synonymous with vaping. | The agency has faced mounting pressure to act on e-cigarettes amid their surging popularity among US teenagers in recent years. One of the most popular devices, made by San Francisco-based Juul Labs Inc, has become a phenomenon at US high schools, where “Juuling” has become synonymous with vaping. |
| Data released on Thursday by the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a 78% increase in high school students who reported using e-cigarettes in the last 30 days, compared with the prior year. | Data released on Thursday by the FDA and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention showed a 78% increase in high school students who reported using e-cigarettes in the last 30 days, compared with the prior year. |
| More than 3 million high school students, or more than 20% of all US high school students, used the product, along with 570,000 middle school students, according to the survey. | More than 3 million high school students, or more than 20% of all US high school students, used the product, along with 570,000 middle school students, according to the survey. |
| Stop 'super-cool' e-cigarette from taking off among kids, UK told | |
| Juul and tobacco giant Altria Group Inc had announced measures to pull flavored e-cigarette products from retail outlets, after the FDA threatened in September to ban Juul and other leading e-cigarette products unless their makers took steps to prevent use by minors. | Juul and tobacco giant Altria Group Inc had announced measures to pull flavored e-cigarette products from retail outlets, after the FDA threatened in September to ban Juul and other leading e-cigarette products unless their makers took steps to prevent use by minors. |
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