US unveils partial ban on flavoured e-cigarettesThe 2019 National Youth Tobacco Survey shows that more than five million US middle and high school students are e-cigarette users, with nearly one million using daily. "The industry push highlighted the risk that Trump could lose votes in the 2020 election because of the proposed ban. Since 2016 the FDA has had authority over vaping products and technically a specific pre-market authorization was needed to sell any of them. But all vaping products will need to request a pre-market authorization by May. Azar said prioritizing flavours most widely used by children would ensure e-cigarettes were not an "on-ramp" to nicotine addiction for youngsters.
Source: Standard Digital January 02, 2020 22:41 UTC