FDA Considering Ban on Flavored E-cigarettes

E-cigarettes are displayed at Gone With the Smoke Vapor Lounge on May 5, 2016 in S.F., Calif. Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

WASH/LA—The Food and Drug Administration said on Sept. 12—they are considering a ban on flavored e-cigarettes in response to an “epidemic” of young people using e-cigarettes, the agency’s leader said.

In a speech at FDA headquarters, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said the agency would also revisit its compliance policy that extended the dates for manufacturers of flavored e-cigarettes to submit applications for premarket authorization.