Other retailers still had a few packs left for sale even after the
ban went into effect, but as of last week, a spot check of tobacco
shops showed most had only a few packs in store or no supply on hand. The government is asking customers to report any retailers who continue to sell the fruit-flavored products. But manufacturers of the clove cigarettes are trying to get around the law. They have started using cigar papers, instead of cigarette papers, to lure customers.
Someone smokes clove cigarettes because they smell better,
taste better and make her car smell like flowers. With a federal ban on
the sweet-smelling cigarettes taking effect this fall, http://www.cigs-store.com/ she went to
tobacco stores and stocked up. But once they are gone, Glover,
23, plans to quit smoking which is exactly the intent of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration's ban on clove, fruit- and candy-flavored
cigarettes. In effect since Sept. 22, the ban's aim is to
reduce smoking, which kills 400,000 Americans annually and is the
leading preventable cause of death. It is especially targeted at young
people, since about 90 percent of adult smokers start as teenagers, and
health officials regard sweet tobacco products as a young person's
gateway to nicotine addiction.
The ban -- which includes manufacturing, shipping and sale of candy
or sweet cigarettes -- followed authority given to the FDA in June to
regulate tobacco through the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco
Control Act. Though the FDA will not be able to ban tobacco, it
is evaluating regulations for menthol products and other fruit-flavored
tobacco products. Other regulations expected in the future include new
warning labels and ingredient disclosure on tobacco products. The
fruit-flavored cigarette ban was the FDA's first high-profile move,
which was hailed by health advocates but criticized by smokers and
business owners. Read more news from http://cigs.blog.com/ and http://tobaccos.xanga.com/
But Glover, who plans to quit smoking clove cigarettes when she has no
more, doesn't believe banning them is going to make people quit
smoking.
On the day before the ban began, many local tobacco retailers were
keeping the products on their shelves to avoid losing the money they
invested in inventory.
ban went into effect, but as of last week, a spot check of tobacco
shops showed most had only a few packs in store or no supply on hand. The government is asking customers to report any retailers who continue to sell the fruit-flavored products. But manufacturers of the clove cigarettes are trying to get around the law. They have started using cigar papers, instead of cigarette papers, to lure customers.
Someone smokes clove cigarettes because they smell better,taste better and make her car smell like flowers. With a federal ban on
the sweet-smelling cigarettes taking effect this fall, http://www.cigs-store.com/ she went to
tobacco stores and stocked up. But once they are gone, Glover,
23, plans to quit smoking which is exactly the intent of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration's ban on clove, fruit- and candy-flavored
cigarettes. In effect since Sept. 22, the ban's aim is to
reduce smoking, which kills 400,000 Americans annually and is the
leading preventable cause of death. It is especially targeted at young
people, since about 90 percent of adult smokers start as teenagers, and
health officials regard sweet tobacco products as a young person's
gateway to nicotine addiction.
The ban -- which includes manufacturing, shipping and sale of candy
or sweet cigarettes -- followed authority given to the FDA in June to
regulate tobacco through the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco
Control Act. Though the FDA will not be able to ban tobacco, it
is evaluating regulations for menthol products and other fruit-flavored
tobacco products. Other regulations expected in the future include new
warning labels and ingredient disclosure on tobacco products. The
fruit-flavored cigarette ban was the FDA's first high-profile move,
which was hailed by health advocates but criticized by smokers and
business owners. Read more news from http://cigs.blog.com/ and http://tobaccos.xanga.com/
But Glover, who plans to quit smoking clove cigarettes when she has no
more, doesn't believe banning them is going to make people quit
smoking.
On the day before the ban began, many local tobacco retailers were
keeping the products on their shelves to avoid losing the money they
invested in inventory.
