FDA Cracks Down on E-Cigarettes to Curb Teen-Vaping 'Epidemic'

Teenage use of e-cigarettes has reached “an epidemic proportion,” the Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday, announcing that Juul and four other e-cigarette manufacturers have 60 days to “convincingly address” use by minors or the agency could take their products off the market. In a briefing, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the companies failed to consider the public health impact of their products or their legal obligations.

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