Leading players in the electronic-cigarette industry expressed few open concerns with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s proposal on Thursday to regulate the battery-powered devices for the first time, saying they share many of the agency’s goals.
Lorillard Inc., maker of blu eCigs, and the Smoke Free Alternatives Trade Association (SFATA), a trade group for the industry, said they back FDA plans to stop sales to minors and establish ingredient listing requirements and safety and quality standards. The proposals, which also would cover cigars, pipe tobacco and hookahs, came out of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. The 2009 law gave the FDA the power to regulate e-cigarettes and other unregulated products that contain nicotine.
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