PBS NewsHour

Will FDA restrictions reduce underage vaping and smoking?

Clip: 11/15/2018 | 7m 37s | Video has closed captioning.

The Food and Drug Administration moved to ban sales of menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars while announcing new guidelines for retailers selling flavored e-cigarettes in order to curb the rise in underage smoking and vaping. The ban is the biggest tobacco measure taken by the FDA in nearly a decade. Amna Nawaz interviews FDA commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb about the moves.