E-Cigarettes, Vapor Devices to Come Under FDA Oversight
- Industry worth $5.2 billion falls under regulatory purview
- Rising use among youth raises alarm, HHS's Burwell says
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will for the first time oversee electronic cigarettes, an attempt to bring control to a multi-billion dollar industry that has grown rapidly in recent years.
The long-awaited regulations cover products including cigar and pipe tobacco, along with vape pens and refillable vaporizers, the FDA said Thursday in a statement. The rules prohibit sales to minors, ban free samples, require package warning labels, and call for makers of products released after 2007 to seek FDA permission to remain on store shelves.