The FDA this week banned cigarettes with fruit, candy or clove flavors.
Authorized by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act enacted in June, the ban represents an effort to reduce an easy entry point for youth into smoking and tobacco addiction. Some cigarette makers favored and others opposed giving the FDA this new authority.
Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S., the government says.
The FDA also is considering bans on menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco.
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