Fox Business: FDA scrutinized for lack of studies showing how e-cigarettes may reduce smoking-relate

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FDA scrutinized for lack of studies showing how e-cigarettes may reduce smoking-related deaths

tobacco, however, remains the No. 1 leading cause of preventable death in the U.S., killing nearly 480,000 people annually, according to the anti-tobacco campaign tobacco-Free Kids.

"The FDA hasn't approached this with a focus on the half-million people a year who die from smoking," Tobacco-Free Kids President Matthew L. Myers told The Wall Street Journal on Monday. "The FDA hasn't done any of the things it does to fast-track other drugs."

But experts argue that despite the FDA's concerns about youth vaping and the various studies showing how vaping-related illnesses have led to nearly 50 deaths in the U.S. this year, they believe the administration needs to address the benefits of vaping versus smoking.

"It's essential that we figure out whether e-cigarettes can help people quit smoking," Kurt Ribisl, chair of the Health Behavior department at the University of North Carolina School of Global Public Health, told the Journal.