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US Ban on Flavored Cigarettes Kicks In

FDA measure aimed at curbing 'gateway' brands that get teens hooked

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(AP) – The new federal ban on flavored cigarettes took effect today, marking one of the first visible signs of the Food and Drug Administration's new authority to regulate tobacco. The ban on manufacturing, importing, marketing and distribution includes candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes, which health authorities say are more appealing to youth. It does not include a ban on menthol or other flavored tobacco products—issues the FDA is studying.

Citing research studies, the director of the FDA's Center for Tobacco Products says 17-year-old smokers are three times as likely to use flavored cigarettes as smokers over the age of 25. FDA officials also said that almost 90% of adult smokers start smoking as teenagers and the ban will help stop more than 3,600 young people who start smoking daily.

Flavored cigarettes are on display at a tobacco store in Richmond, Va.
Flavored cigarettes are on display at a tobacco store in Richmond, Va.   (AP Photo)
A smoker.
A smoker.   (AP Photo)
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shinglezach
Sep 22, 09 7:28 PM CDT
So where am I gonna get strawberry phillies now? Reply
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SalParadise
Sep 22, 09 7:50 PM CDT
Pretty sure this applies more to cloves and such, not blunts.
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Berzelius
Sep 23, 09 12:59 PM CDT
cigars aren't affected only cigarettes. Supposedly the cloves will be back but packaged as little filtered cigars.
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Timinator2K
Sep 22, 09 7:28 PM CDT
You want to raise massive amounts of money for health care? Then give Big Tobacco total free reign to export as much as possible all over the world...since its the world's choice to import American cigarettes or, not. Screw the inapplicable ethics. Reply
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UrUndertaker
Sep 22, 09 7:47 PM CDT
Actually Timmi, they already have "free reign" as you put it and are doing very well.....Here is a direct quote from an article I have read recently. "Cigarette and Tobacco Exports: Success American Style In years to come historians will be hard pressed to find a greater American success story than that of tobacco exports in the latter half of this century. In 1989 alone, U.S. leaf and tobacco product exporters generated a surplus of $4.22 billion dollars against an overall deficit of $108.6 billion. Tobacco exports, along with very few other categories of American goods - such as aircraft, coal, agricultural products, and chemicals - consistently produce a trade surplus. The record size of last year's surplus is only one stunning result of the tobacco industry's three most recent victories for U.S. fair trade. But that's just the beginning of the industry's enormous success. In 1988, one of every six cigarettes manufactured in the U.S. was exported, as were two of every five pounds of leaf. According to recent figures from the Tobacco Merchants Association, U.S.-manufactured and exported cigarettes accounted for almost $3.4 billion, or 92.8% of all U.S. tobacco products exported in 1989. This was $723.8 million (27.4%) greater than in 1988. "....read the article here: http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-8976577/cigarette-and-tobacco-exports.html
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