With 6 related deaths reported, Trump calls to ban all non-tobacco-flavored e-cigarette products.
“The Trump Administration is making it clear that we intend to clear the market of flavored e-cigarettes to reverse the deeply concerning epidemic of youth e-cigarette use that is impacting children, families, schools and communities,” Azar said. “We will not stand idly by as these products become an on-ramp to combustible cigarettes or nicotine addiction for a generation of youth.”
However, Azar added that for now, the administration does not plan to restrict the sale of tobacco-flavored products because of their use by adults as a . “If we find that children start surging into tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes or if we find marketing practices that target children and try to attract them into tobacco-flavored e-cigarettes, we will engage in enforcement actions there also,” he said., “I am deeply concerned about the growing epidemic of e-cigarette use in our children. We need to do all we can to protect the public from tobacco-related disease and death.
. “I would like to see these e-cigarettes absolutely banned, but part of the problem is, we know so little about what's actually in it.”are caused by knockoff products. “Basically all these vaping-related hospitalizations are directly linked to black-market or knockoff THC oil.
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