Tobacco stocks are surging after the FDA threatens to pull flavored e-cigarettes (MO, BTI)

REUTERS/Eduardo Munoz Tobacco stocks are surging after the Food and Drug Administration threatenedthe industryto combat thewidespread flavored electronic cigarette use among young people. The FDA found top-selling brands were popular among minors. The FDA set a 60-day deadline for five majortobaccomanufacturers to provide a plan for mitigating youth sales, or the agency willpull them out of the market. Watch Altria and British American Tobacco trade in real time here. Tobacco stocks are surging ...