For the FDAs purposes, if a tobacco product meets the legal definition of a cigarette but the tobacco is not heated to a temperature high enough to cause combustion, the product would be currently categorized as a non-combusted cigarette and regulated as a cigarette
According to Scientific American, between the e-cigarette being patented for the first time in the 1960s to 2018, the amount of cigarette smokers in America has dropped by eight million people
Anti-smoking advocates have been pushing the FDA to eliminate the flavor since the agency gained authority to regulate certain tobacco ingredients in 2009
"Cigarette smoke can pollute the indoor air quality in your home and cause asthma, headaches, nausea, fatigue, and an increased risk for lung cancer," explains Richard Ciresi , the owner of Aire Serve in Louisville, KY