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FDA will require e-cigarettes and contents to be reviewed

WASHINGTON — The federal government announced sweeping new rules Thursday for electronic cigarettes that will for the first time require the devices and their ingredients to be reviewed, a mandate that could offer protection for consumers and upend a multibillion dollar industry that has gone largely unregulated.

Before brands are allowed to stay in the market, regulators will check the e-cigarettes' design and the liquid nicotine they contain. The fast-growing devices have found a foothold with teenagers.

http://www.startribune.com/fda-brings-e-cigarettes-under-federal-authority/378250891/

 

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