Trump administration announces plans to ban flavored e-cigarettes

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The Trump administration announced plans on Wednesday to remove all flavored e-cigarettes from store shelves in a crackdown on vaping after a ...

WASHINGTON: The Trump administration announced plans on Wednesday to remove all flavored e-cigarettes from store shelves in a crackdown on vaping after a handful of deaths and potentially hundreds of lung illnesses were tied to the practice.

The ban would include mint and menthol flavoring as well as bubble gum, candy, fruit, alcohol and other flavors, he said. Wednesday’s proposal goes much further, banning the sale of all flavored e-cigarette products across all retail channels, aside from tobacco-flavored products. In December, Marlboro maker Altria Group Inc made a US$12.8 billion investment in Juul, taking a 35per cent stake.

The nationwide investigation led by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the FDA has not definitively linked the illnesses to any specific e-cigarette product or ingredient, although health officials have expressed suspicions about the effects of inhaling vitamin E acetate, which is contained in some vaping products.

 

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