FDA Warns Stores in Crackdown on E-Cigarette Sales to Minors
- Underage youth were sold gummy bear-flavored tobacco products
- 55 stores issued warnings, some from national retail chains
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Federal regulators began a crackdown on sales of e-cigarettes and other tobacco products to children under the age of 18, issuing warning letters to 55 retailers across the U.S.
Drugstores, convenience stores and online outlets violated prohibitions on selling children and teens newly regulated tobacco products including cigars, hookah tobacco and liquids for vaping devices, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday in a statement. Minors were able to buy some products in “youth-appealing flavors,” such as bubble gum, cotton candy and gummy bear, the agency said.