Gottlieb Mark A
Public Health Advocacy Institute at Northeastern University School of Law, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
Children (Basel). 2019 Mar 4;6(3):40. doi: 10.3390/children6030040.
During the first decade of federal regulation of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), the e-cigarette industry has rapidly grown. Recently, the U.S. Surgeon General and Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration each declared the rapid rise in rates of youth using these products to be an "epidemic." While a foundational basis for regulating ENDS has been in effect since 2016, deferred enforcement has contributed to acute rise in use by youth. The Agency has undertaken several initiatives to address the problem and warned manufacturers that if current youth trends continue, it will be "game over."
在联邦政府对电子尼古丁传送系统（ENDS）进行监管的头十年里，电子烟行业迅速发展。最近，美国卫生局局长和食品药品监督管理局局长均宣称，使用这些产品的青少年比例迅速上升已成为一种“流行病”。虽然自2016年以来，对ENDS进行监管的基本依据就已生效，但延迟执法导致了青少年使用量的急剧上升。该机构已采取多项举措来解决这一问题，并警告制造商，如果当前青少年使用电子烟的趋势持续下去，将是“游戏结束”。
