Will FDA restrictions reduce underage vaping and smoking?
Clip: 11/15/2018 | 7m 37s
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.
Aired: 11/15/18
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Will FDA restrictions reduce underage vaping and smoking?
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