Although the Tobacco Control Act gave the FDA the right to regulate all tobacco products, it did not specifically include non-cigarette tobacco products, such as cigars, little cigars, cigarillos, hookah, and e-cigarettes, in the ban on characterizing flavors
Supporters of the legislation, which also bans pharmacies from selling cigarettes and reduces the number of retailers licensed to sell them, hope that it will reduce the number of smokers by 160,000 by 2020
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For a casual user, cotinine is typically undetectable in the blood after 1-3 days
People often see these products as an alternative to smoking or vaping
All products contain nicotine, which is dependence forming