FDA cracks down on ‘wild west’ of e-cigarettes

Name: FDA cracks down on ‘wild west’ of e-cigarettes
Uploaded: 2014-04-24T23:50:47Z
Duration: P381S
Description: The Food and Drug Administration announced it intends to regulate the ever-growing business of electronic cigarettes, which produce an inhalable nicotine vapor. Under the new guidelines, e-cigarette sales to anyone under the age of 18 would be banned. Judy Woodruff takes a closer look at the regulations with Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products.

Clip: 04/24/2014 | 6m 21s

The Food and Drug Administration announced it intends to regulate the ever-growing business of electronic cigarettes, which produce an inhalable nicotine vapor. Under the new guidelines, e-cigarette sales to anyone under the age of 18 would be banned. Judy Woodruff takes a closer look at the regulations with Mitch Zeller, director of the FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products.

Aired: 04/24/14

Rating: NR

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FDA cracks down on ‘wild west’ of e-cigarettes

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