E-Cigarette Crackdown Won’t Let Up After Retail, Candy Warnings

• ‘Probably be some activity every week for a while now’ • FDA Commissioner Gottlieb speaks in interview at Bloomberg

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s crackdown on e-cigarettes that end up in the hands of underage smokers will continue for some time, the agency’s Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said May 7.

The FDA said April 24 it sent warnings to 40 retailers for selling Juul e-cigarettes to kids after a monthlong undercover sting operation. Last week, the FDA and Federal Trade Commission sent 13 letters to companies that make and sell the nicotine-containing liquids used in e-cigarettes, citing them for ...