WASHINGTON, DC – Senator Frank R. Lautenberg today released the following statement on a new Food and Drug Administration report:

    “This report proves what we feared – that e-cigarettes may be unsafe and need to be taken off the market immediately.  Not only can these products fuel a life-long addiction to nicotine, but now the FDA has found that they contain cancer-causing chemicals.  The research revealed by the FDA today is a wake-up call that we must be more vigilant in protecting Americans from this new public health concern.”

    Sen. Lautenberg, one of the Senate’s leaders in protecting Americans from the dangers of smoking, was the first to call on the FDA to protect the public from potential dangers of e-cigarettes.  He wrote a letter to FDA Acting Commissions Frank Torti in March 2009.

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