On Sept. 22, the Food and Drug Administration banned the sale of cigarettes flavored with chocolate, vanilla or cloves because these cigarettes are seen as a “gateway” product for youth to develop the tobacco habit.
Teen smokers were more than three times as likely to buy flavored cigarettes than were adults over the age of 25; and in recent years, major U.S. tobacco companies, such as R.J. Reynolds, had introduced lime and toffee flavored versions of Camel cigarettes.
According to The New York Times, 3,600 children and teens start smoking every day.
