Health Alert: FDA rolls out vaping policy to make it harder for minors to buy flavored products

The much-anticipated policy is designed to limit retail and online sales of flavored e-cigarette products to establishments that have age restrictions and age verification procedures. The new policy would apply to a vast array of flavored e-cigarette products with kid-appealing flavors such as cherry and bubblegum. The effort represents a major change in the way the agency regulates vaping. Outgoing Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb adopted a lenient stance toward vaping products when he started the job, reasoning that the products help wean adult smokers off traditional tobacco products, but he became alarmed last year that youth vaping had become an epidemic.

Democracy Dies in Darkness     Health Alert Mar 13, 9:35 AM     FDA rolls out vaping policy to make it harder for minors to buy flavored products The much-anticipated policy is designed to limit retail and online sales of flavored e-cigarette products to establishments that have age restrictions and age verification procedures. The new policy would apply to a vast array of flavored e-cigarette products with kid-appealing flavors such as cherry and bubblegum. The effort represents a major change in the way the agency regulates vaping. Outgoing Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb adopted a lenient stance toward vaping products when he started the job, reasoning that the products help wean adult smokers off traditional tobacco products, but he became alarmed last year that youth vaping had become an epidemic. Read more » Advertisement You received this email because you signed up for news alerts from The Washington Post. Manage my newsletters and alerts | Unsubscribe Privacy Policy | Help ©2019 The Washington Post, 1301 K St NW, Washington DC 20071