FDA to crack down on menthol cigarettes, flavored vapes

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Scott Gottlieb pleged to take action against some forms of tobacco use.

"I will not allow a generation of children to become addicted to nicotine through e-cigarettes," he said in a statement.

The FDA intends to move to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, as well as tighten rules on the sale of most flavored versions of electronic cigarettes.

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