“All flavored electronic cigarettes, except tobacco flavors, will have to be removed from the market,” RIA Novosti quoted Alex Azar, the head of the US Department of Health and Social Services.
He specified that manufacturers would have to submit applications to the Food and Drug Administration for approval by May 2020 of their products.
Earlier, Deputy Minister of Health of Russia Oleg Salagai said that the chief freelance specialist therapist of the Ministry of Health was instructed to study how electronic cigarettes affect health.
On January 30, the Moscow City Duma passed a law prohibiting the sale of vapes to minors.