RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes
has taken effect.
The ban is one of the first visible effects of a new law giving
the FDA wide-ranging authority to regulate the tobacco industry. It
includes cigarettes with candy, fruit and clove flavors.
Officials say flavored cigarettes are a gateway to smoking for
young people. Studies cited by the FDA have shown that 17-year-old
smokers are three times as likely to use flavored cigarettes as
smokers over the age of 25.
The FDA sent a letter to the industry last week discussing the
ban and its plans for enforcement.
In June, President Barack Obama signed the law that allows the
FDA to regulate tobacco, though it can't ban nicotine or tobacco
outright.
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