U.S. health regulators are moving beforehand with a plan designed to keep e-cigarettes out of the hands of teenagers by reducing sales of most flavored products in convenience stores and online.
 
The new guidelines, first proposed in November, are the present government effort to counter what health officials call an epidemic of underage vaping.
 
E-cigarettes commonly heat a flavored nicotine solution into an inhalable vapor. Federal law bans their sale to those under 18, but 1 in 5 high school students report using e-cigarettes, according to the latest government figures.
 
Under recommended guidelines released Wednesday by the Food and Drug Administration, e-cigarette makers would control sales of most flavored products to stores that verify the age of customers or include a separate, age-restricted area of the store for vaping products.
 


This article is originally posted on Tronserve.com