E-Cigarettes Face First Regulations

The Wall Street Journal (online registration required): The Food and Drug Administration proposed Thursday the first federal regulations on electronic cigarettes, which would ban sales of the popular devices to anyone under 18 and require makers to gain FDA approval for their products.

The proposed rules fall short of those governing traditional cigarettes. They won't, for example, ban ads or Internet sales of the products, or the use of flavors in them, which some critics say attracts young users.

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