The FDA Is Pushing Ahead With A Ban On Most Flavored E-Cigarettes. Here's Why

http://fortune.com/2018/11/09/the-fda-is-pushing-ahead-with-a-ban-on-most-flavored-e-cigarettes-heres-why/

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is pushing back against the unchecked growth of the e-cigarette industry.

FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb is expected this week to announce bans on most flavored e-cigarettes in an attempt to curb “epidemic” levels of teen e-cigarette use, senior FDA officials told CNBC and the Washington Post.

Preliminary government data showed ­e-cigarette use rose 77% among high schoolers and nearly 50% among middle schoolers in 2018, meaning that 3.5 million minors were vaping in early 2018.