FDA’s E-cigarette Rules Are a Public-Health Hazard
From: Real Clear Policy
Since they first were introduced in the United States in 2006, electronic cigarettes have helped millions of U.S. smokers to cut down or quit and diverted teens from smoking. But recently announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules on e-cigarettes, which start taking effect this week, could undo that progress, damaging public health and creating a political and administrative quagmire.
If unchanged, the FDA rules will eliminate from the market more than 99 percent of e-cigarettes and related nicotine vapor products. And millions of vapers who now use these products as a substitute for cigarettes will be forced to return to smoking or to find black-market sources. This is especially troublesome for teens who use e-cigarettes to help quit smoking combustible cigarettes or who never smoked “real cigarettes” in the first place.