"If they're going to ban one flavor they should ban them all." -- Pediatrician Rachel Boykan, MD, of Stony Brook Children's Hospital in New York, on the FDA's decision to ban candy and fruity e-cigarette flavors but allow mint and menthol for now.
The FDA will restrict the sale of flavored electronic-cigarettes, and move forward with a plan to ban all menthol cigarettes over the next few years, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced Thursday.
The move comes several months after Gottlieb declared the use of e-cigarettes among teens an "epidemic" and survey data -- including some released Thursday -- confirmed Gottlieb's assertion.
The FDA action will immediately ban the sale of most flavors of so-called ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems), with the exception of tobacco and mint and menthol flavors, "sold in age-restricted, in-person locations and, if sold online, under heightened practices for age verification," according to Gottlieb's statement.
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