FDA Efforts Help Prevent Youth E-Cig Use, Illegal E-Cig Sales Journal includes new commentary from acting CTP Director and studies of how efforts prevented ~450,000 youth from e-cig use and over $42m in illegal e-cig sales
The ordinance states "the ages of 18 to 21 are a critical period when many smokers move from experimental smoking to regular, daily use, and tobacco industry documents show that those who start smoking by the age of 18 are almost twice as likely to become lifetime smokers as those who start after they turn 21." Cincinnati Health Commissioner Melba Moore is supportive of the ordinance
To make matters worse, smuggling operations involve corruption, money laundering, and terrorism.[19] According to the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), Large-scale organized smuggling likely accounts for the vast majority of cigarettes smuggled globally.[20] These operations hurt governments, who lose out on revenue
Reprinted from Tobacco Reporter's website, original article can be found here ENDS