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High school e-cigarette use has jumped nearly 80%. Now, the FDA wants new regulations
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 664" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/15/health/fda-vaping-ecigarette-regulation/index.html" target="_blank"><strong>High school e-cigarette use has jumped nearly 80%. Now, the FDA wants new regulations - CNN</strong></a></p><p></p><p>Vaping increased nearly 80% among high schoolers and 50% among middle schoolers since last year, prompting the US Food and Drug Administration to propose new measures against flavored nicotine products that have propelled the rise, the agency <a href="https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm625884.htm" target="_blank">announced</a> Thursday.</p><p></p><p>"These data shock my conscience," FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said in a statement, proposing to strengthen the agency's policies against flavored e-cigarette products. These proposals could ultimately prompt their removal from shelves and websites that are accessible to minors.</p><p></p><p>The proposed changes do not include mint, menthol and tobacco flavors, however. Gottlieb said he wanted to leave the door open for adults who might use these products to quit smoking cigarettes, "but it can't come at the expense of addicting a generation of kids on nicotine," he told CNN on Thursday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 664, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/15/health/fda-vaping-ecigarette-regulation/index.html'][B]High school e-cigarette use has jumped nearly 80%. Now, the FDA wants new regulations - CNN[/B][/URL] Vaping increased nearly 80% among high schoolers and 50% among middle schoolers since last year, prompting the US Food and Drug Administration to propose new measures against flavored nicotine products that have propelled the rise, the agency [URL='https://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm625884.htm']announced[/URL] Thursday. "These data shock my conscience," FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb said in a statement, proposing to strengthen the agency's policies against flavored e-cigarette products. These proposals could ultimately prompt their removal from shelves and websites that are accessible to minors. The proposed changes do not include mint, menthol and tobacco flavors, however. Gottlieb said he wanted to leave the door open for adults who might use these products to quit smoking cigarettes, "but it can't come at the expense of addicting a generation of kids on nicotine," he told CNN on Thursday. [/QUOTE]
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