Statement from FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, M.D., on launch of ‘The Real Cost’ Youth E-Cigarette Prevention Campaign amid evidence of sharply rising use among kids

September 18, 2018 – In recent days, I’ve warned about an epidemic of use of e-cigarettes among teens. We’re in possession of data that shows a disturbingly sharp rise in the number of teens using e-cigarettes in just the last year. And none of the other metrics that we track when it comes to kids and tobacco are moving in a favorable direction. Not the number of kids using traditional cigarettes, or cigars or chewing tobacco. In short, there’s no good news … (leggi tutto)