New FDA head vows to carry out crackdown on teen e-cigarette use

Published April 16, 2019 8:54pm ET



Acting Food and Drug Administration commissioner Ned Sharpless said Tuesday that the administration would press on with efforts launched by his predecessor Scott Gottlieb to curb youth tobacco use.

“We’ll maintain our focus on ending the use of combustible cigarettes among adults, and on preventing kids from ever starting,” Sharpless said at his first FDA all hands meeting.

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