On the morning of January 3, Beijing time, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Thursday it would ban most fruit and mint flavored nicotine e-cigarettes to curb the use of e-cigarettes by teenagers.

Under the new rules, which come into effect 30 days later, the FDA said that if the company does not stop selling flavored e-cigarettes that attract children, it will face government enforcement action. In addition, if the product launched by the company is aimed at children or does not take "adequate measures" to prevent the product from reaching children, then it will also face regulatory action. The company can still sell tobacco and menthol flavored e-cigarettes to adults who use them to quit smoking.

"At present, the use of e-cigarettes by young people is increasing, which has never happened in the United States," Alex Azar, Secretary of the Department of health and human services, said in a statement on Thursday. HHS is taking comprehensive measures to actively implement laws passed by Congress. According to this law, no electronic cigarettes can enter the market legally. "

In particular, the FDA banned boxed nicotine bombs like those provided by Juul, but allowed e-cigarette stores to continue to sell canned flavored nicotine. When using the latter, the user needs to manually fill the smoke bomb.

In recent years, the use of e-cigarettes by American teenagers has grown rapidly, and e-cigarettes have also led to mysterious lung diseases, killing 55 people in 27 states. The trump administration initially announced in September that it planned to ban flavored e-cigarettes, but it delayed the final rule after strong lobbying from the tobacco and e-cigarette industries.