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Today #FDA and @FTC took action against companies misleading kids with e-liquids that resemble children’s juice boxes, candies and cookies. This action is part of important efforts to protect youth from the dangers of nicotine and tobacco products: https:

Companies selling e-cigarette products have a responsibility to ensure they aren’t putting children in harm’s way or enticing youth use. We’ll continue to take action against those who sell these products to youth and market them in this egregious fashion

No child should be using any tobacco product, and no tobacco products should be marketed in a way that endangers kids – especially by using imagery that misleads them into thinking the products are things they’d eat or drink: https://t.co/wdiF5R3zG9 https

Looking at the side-to-side comparisons of these e-liquid products and the food products they resemble is alarming. It’s easy to see how a child could confuse these e-liquid products for something they believe they’ve consumed before – like a juice box: h

Children are at greater risk because exposure to nicotine in an e-liquid, even in relatively small amounts. Today’s action is important because accidental ingestion of these e-liquid products has the potential to result in serious harm or even death: http

FDA is committed to important efforts to restrict youth access, limit youth appeal and reduce toxic exposure to youth from all tobacco products – and we’ll continue to address these issues from every angle: https://t.co/wdiF5R3zG9 https://t.co/0dT8EoGAir

We’ll be taking a series of escalating actions under our new Youth Tobacco Prevention Plan, beginning with our actions last week related to JUUL products, and continuing with today’s effort with our partners at the FTC: https://t.co/wdiF5R3zG9

Interested in learning more about the Service Academy process? Come to Kilcawley Center at @YoungstownState in #Youngstown #Ohio this evening at 5:00 PM for an informational seminar.

While we continue to encourage the development of potentially less harmful forms of nicotine delivery for currently addicted adult smokers, we will not allow that work to come at the expense of our children: https://t.co/wdiF5R3zG9