News & Press Release Distribution Service
FDA to Web vendors: Do not sell flavored cigarettes
2009-11-08 04:48:13 (GMT) (Caymanmama.com - Health News News)
San Antonio, Texas (CaymanMama.com) — The Food and Drug Administration is revving up their battle against cigarettes by warning several online vendors to quit selling banned flavored cigarettes to American consumers on the web.
The agency mailed off at least a dozen letters to Web-based companies notifying them that they are in violation of a new ban, and requesting that the companies describe in writing what action they have taken to remain in compliance.
The Food and Drug Administration has banned candy cigarettes, and fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes, on the basis that they are particularly appealing to young people and may even attract new smokers.
“FDA takes the enforcement of this flavored cigarette ban seriously,” Dr. Lawrence R. Deyton, director of FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products, said in a statement.
“These actions should send a clear message to those who continue to break the law that FDA will take necessary actions to protect our children from initiating tobacco use.”
According to agency research, 17-year-old smokers are three times as likely to smoke flavored cigarettes as smokers aged 25 and older.
CaymanMama.com - Press Release Distribution Service
Comments
Articles
- Child Custody: A Guide to the Holidays for Separated and Divorced Parents
- Raleigh Divorce Lawyers Create Web Portal with Info on North Carolina Family Law
- Child Support in North Carolina: Part I
- Be Instantly Accessible With The Right Legal Website Design
- Vlogging an Emerging Internet Marketing Trend for Lawyers
- The Importance of a Law Firm’s website URL For SEO
- SEO Maybe the Most Cost Effective Marketing for Lawyers
- Simple Steps for Great Law Firm Internet Marketing
- Weighing SEO and PPC for Law Firm Marketing
- Social Media Marketing Reaches Audience More Effectively
Other News / Press Releases
- Disposable Electronic Cigarettes Coming Soon To ZeroCig
- Soprano Laser Hair Removal Now More Effective then IPL
- ‘New Year, New You’ Already in Jeopardy, As Brits Quit The Gym!
- High Dose Rate Electronic Radiation Skin Cancer Treatment Now Available in US
- Chicago’s Gold Coast Goes Green As Skin Care Line Opens Flagship Sales Office
- Free Exercise Manual Aims to Reduce Childhood Obesity
- No Texting While Paddling: SUP Eco Adventures Provides THE Alternative
- P90X2 Home Fitness Program Arrives at Extreme Body Workout
- Compounding Pharmacy Offers Solution for Mibolerone (Cheque Drops) Shortage
- Missing Teeth No Longer Stand in the Way of a Beautiful Smile
