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Senators Call for FDA Ban on Flavored Cigars
December 19, 2011 Swisher Sweets could be the next target of federal tobacco regulation. A group of U.S. senators is urging the Food and Drug Administration to ban flavored cigars, claiming the “candy-like flavorings” increasingly are luring teens into the smoking habit—even as they turn away from cigarettes. “Cigars contain the same toxic and cancer-causing chemicals contained in cigarettes, and public health experts have warned that cigars are not safe alternatives to cigarettes,” the senators wrote in a letter to FDA Commissioner Margaret Hamburg.
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