FDA calls out Walgreens, Walmart, 7/11 and others for selling e-cigarettes to minors

The Food and Drug Administration on Monday called out tobacco retailers, including Walgreens and 7/11, for illegally selling tobacco products, especially e-cigarettes, to minors.

“The stakes are too high for our young people and our country’s decades-long fight to reduce the morbidity and mortality that accompanies tobacco product use,” FDA commissioner Scott Gottlieb said in a statement. “Retailers are on the frontlines of these efforts to reduce the health consequences of tobacco use and nicotine dependence.”