{"id":6558,"date":"2016-05-05T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2016-05-05T14:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/05\/05\/fda-acts-to-regulate-e-cigarettes-and-cigars-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2016-05-05T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2016-05-05T14:18:00","slug":"fda-acts-to-regulate-e-cigarettes-and-cigars-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/fda-acts-to-regulate-e-cigarettes-and-cigars-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Acts To Regulate E-Cigarettes And Cigars For The First Time"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Alison Kodjak<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Food and Drug Administration regulations would crack down on e-cigarettes. Justin Sullivan\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The Food and Drug Administration is banning the sale of electronic cigarettes to minors as part of a broad set of regulations the agency finalized Wednesday.<\/p>\n

With the rules<\/a> that were more than two years in the making, the agency is expanding its authority over e-cigarettes, cigars and hookah tobacco, in much the same way it already regulates traditional cigarettes.<\/p>\n

In addition to barring sales of tobacco products and e-cigarettes to people under age 18, the FDA would impose other restrictions, including:<\/p>\n