WASHINGTON (CBSDC) - The Federal Drug Administration is planning to address the creation and sale of flavored cigars and cigarellos, which health experts say make smoking more appealing and accessible to children.
According to United Press International, the FDA has announced that they will regulate flavoring in cigars, as well as in other tobacco products, though they have reportedly not said when or how they plan to do so.
The FDA previously banned the creation and sale of flavored cigarettes in September of 2009, a matter the Administration addresses on its website.
The FDA decreed, “This special rule for cigarettes prohibits a cigarette or any of its component parts … from containing, as a constituent … or additive, an artificial or natural flavor (other than tobacco or menthol) or an herb or spice, including strawberry, grape, orange, clove, cinnamon, pineapple, vanilla, coconut, licorice, cocoa, chocolate, cherry, or coffee, that is a characterizing flavor of the tobacco product or tobacco smoke.”
Warning letters have also been issued by the FDA, according to UPI, in regards to several companies who have attempted to circumvent existing laws through modifications in the branding of their products, or through the creation of new ones.
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