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Dick Durbin: “On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration granted a free…”

Featuring: Dick Durbin, Democratic | U.S. Senate Illinois

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Durbin Condemns The Trump Administration's FDA For Authorizing The First Ever Flavored E-Cigarettes

Published | Video Starts at 02:44

A recent study found that vaping is likely to cause cancer. We should not trust Big Tobacco when they promise they won't market to kids. We know better. Then On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration granted a free pass to scores of illegal vapes, permitting them to stay on the market without having met the law's requirement. that they first prove to the FDA that their product is, quote, appropriate for the protection of public health. They didn't try to do it because they can't do that. (02:44–02:56)

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Asserts that the FDA allowed illegal vapes to stay on the market without meeting legal requirements.

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