FDA warns company to stop putting erectile dysfunction drugs in e-cigarette liquid

Published October 11, 2018 7:37pm ET



The Food and Drug Administration warned an e-cigarette manufacturer Thursday to stop putting the key ingredients of an erectile dysfunction drug and an anti-obesity drug into vaping liquid.

The warning letter is another part of a broad crackdown on e-cigarette makers and retailers meant to curb the growing use of the product among minors. But this is the first warning letter sent to a company for adding prescription drugs into an e-cigarette liquid, the agency said.

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