Coalition of 31 states calls on FDA to regulate flavored e-cigarettes

The US crackdown on flavored e-cigarettes might soon reach the federal government. A New York-led coalition of 31 states and territories is pressuring the Food and Drug Administration to regulate flavored e-cigarettes. The group wants to not only ban e-cigs with "youth-appealing" flavors like candy, mint and menthol, but to limit nicotine levels and restrict marketing efforts aimed at kids. The coalition is hoping to thwart what it calls a "youth nicotine epidemic." About 19.6 percent of high sc...