By Noel Young

The US Food and Drug Administration is for the first time to regulate the booming market in electronic cigarettes under a proposal released today – but television ads will NOT be curbed.

If adopted, the plan would force manufacturers to restrict sales to minors, stop handing out free samples, place health warning labels on their products, and disclose the ingredients. E-cigarette makers also would be banned from making health-related claims without scientific evidence.

But many tobacco-control advocates are upset at the failure not to halt online sales of e-cigarettes, curb television advertising, or ban the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum