Crack Down on E-Cigarettes

Sleek and featherweight in metallic black or navy blue, Juul-brand electronic cigarettes have become a fashion -- you could say, a contagion -- among high-school students across America. Easily mistaken for an ordinary flash drive, the gadgets let kids "Juul" without notice in hallways or school cafeterias and conveniently recharge on their laptops.

This is a sure sign, if one were needed, that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is failing in its responsibility to regulate e-cigarettes. By its inaction, the agency allows a wall of vapor to obscure the fact that tobacco in any form poses a real danger -- and imperils children's lives.