US lawmakers urge FDA to pull pod, cartridge-based e-cigarettes from market
(WorldNews Health)

WASHINGTON: A bipartisan group of US senators on Friday urged federal regulators to immediately remove all pod and cartridge-based e-cigarettes from the market until it can be proven the products are safe. In a letter to Ned Sharpless, acting commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Senators Dick Durbin, Lisa Murkowski, Jeff Merkley, and Richard Blumenthal cited recent reports of 530 cases of vaping-related lung disease, as well as eight deaths, in asking for the ban. The letter said cartridge or pod-based systems account for more than 70 percent of the overall e-cigarette market and are favored by youth. “Unfortunately, many...