U.S. health secretary backs proposed FDA crackdown on e-cigarettes: CNBC

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

BUSINESS NEWS SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 / 10:37 AM / UPDATED 20 MINUTES AGO

U.S. health secretary backs proposed FDA crackdown on e-cigarettes: CNBC

(Reuters) - U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar told CNBC on Friday he was “completely in support” of the Food and Drug Administration’s proposed crackdown on e-cigarettes.

“We are not going to permit e-cigarettes to become a pathway to nicotine dependency” or the use of combustible tobacco, Azar said in an interview with CNBC.

He said he disagreed with a belief that banning e-cigarettes would push youth towards traditional cigarettes.

FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said on Wednesday the agency was considering a ban on flavored e-cigarettes from Juul Labs and other companies as it grapples with an “epidemic” of youth e-cigarette use that threatened to create a new generation of nicotine addicts.

Reporting by Kanishka Singh in Bengaluru; Editing by Bernadette Baum

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fda-ecigarettes/u-s-health-secretary-backs-proposed-fda-crackdown-on-e-cigarettes-cnbc-idUSKCN1LU21Y

[bsandman1977]

1. stupid law

I think that is so stupid just money back by big tobacco. Does any honestly think it going stop underage kids from smoking. They will just use something else.