market has become a "patchwork" of regulations
Food and Drug Administration proposed measures that would ban the sale of e-cigarettes to consumers younger than 18, but would not restrict flavored products, online sales or TV advertising
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The four most talked-about concerns regarding the industry (that have been so for some time) are: It is heavily regulated and litigated It is highly taxed The fact that smoking is declining The advent of e-cigarettes Heavy Regulation and Litigation There have been umpteen regulatory attempts over the past decades to rein in smoking, from outright bans on cigarette advertising to banning smoking in public places to the more recent plain paper packaging introduced in certain countries