Personal Injury Law

FDA Imposes Ban on Flavored Cigarettes

By Edward Bills

Federal health officials have banned tobacco makers from selling cigarettes with fruit, candy or clove flavors, the Los Angeles Times reports. According to the Food and Drug Administration, flavored cigarettes serve a gateway to tobacco addiction for youth smokers. The agency estimates that youth smokers are three times more likely to smoke flavored cigarettes than older smokers

Full post as published by Bodily Injury Blog on September 23, 2009 (boomark / email).