WASHINGTON, May 18 -- Sen. Richard Blumenthal issued text of the following press release:
U.S. Senators Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) and Jeff Merkley (D-OR) led a group of ten senators in calling on Acting Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Kyle Diamantas to rescind FDA's recent decision to authorize flavored e-cigarette products that appeal to children. By authorizing fruit flavors, the FDA is once again enabling a resurgence in youth tobacco use and exacerbating the risk of serious chronic disease and death for a new generation. This is compounded by FDA's recent guidance allowing e-cigarettes to be marketed pending FDA review.
"There is no scientific consensus that flavors provide a benefit to adults who want to quit u...