FDA warns Web sites not to sell banned flavored cigarettes, thought to appeal to new smokers

Nov 6th, 2009 - Los Angeles Times

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RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.

The agency sent letters this week to more than a dozen Web-based companies saying they are violating a new ban and asking the companies to describe in writing what action they have taken to comply.

The FDA banned candy-, fruit- and clove-flavored cigarettes in September. Federal health authorities and regulators say those products appeal especially to young people and are thought to attract new smokers.

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