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to announce ban on flavored e-cigarettes as soon as next
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[November 09, 2018]
(Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug
Administration is expected to announce a ban on the sale of flavored
e-cigarettes in convenience stores and gas stations across the country
as soon as next week, the Washington Post reported on Thursday.
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 The FDA will also impose rules such as age-verification requirements
for online sales, the paper reported https://wapo.st/2Dvb7x9, citing
senior agency officials.
The move is a part of the FDA's crackdown on the widespread usage of
e-cigarettes in youth as the agency grapples with an "epidemic" of
youth e-cigarette use that threatens to create a new generation of
nicotine addicts.
E-cigarettes vaporize a liquid that contains nicotine, the addictive
stimulant that gives smokers a rush.
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The regulator last month seized more than a thousand pages of
documents from market leader Juul Labs related to the company's
sales and marketing practices after a surprise inspection.
The FDA did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for
comment.
(Reporting by Saumya Sibi Joseph in Bengaluru; Editing by Maju
Samuel)
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