美国国家公共电台 NPR Federal Government Sends Warning To Vaping Companies

 

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Vaping is often billed as a healthier alternative to cigarettes or a way to help smokers¹ quit. But the manufacturing of flavored vape products has drawn² minors³ to electronic smoking. Colorado Public Radio's John Daley has more on the FDA's most recent attempts to prevent the marketing⁴ of tobacco products to minors.

JOHN DALEY, BYLINE⁵: The Food and Drug Administration and Federal Trade Commission, on Tuesday, sent warning letters to more than a dozen manufacturers, distributors and retailers⁷ of e-cigarette liquids. In a phone briefing for reporters, FDA Commissioner⁸ Scott Gottlieb says the companies are endangering kids by marketing the products to resemble juice boxes, cookies or candy.

SCOTT GOTTLIEB: You look at the lollipop⁹, for example. I don't see how my 4- or 5-year-old doesn't just look at that and see a lollipop. It's a lollipop.

DALEY: E-liquids are used in electronic cigarettes. And they often use nicotine¹⁰, which can cause illness, even death, if ingested by a small child. Products targeted have names like Vape Heads' sour Smurf Sauce and V'Nilla Cookies and Milk. And, says Gottlieb...

GOTTLIEB: These are being deliberately¹¹ designed in ways that they can be just mistakenly confused by a child.

DALEY: Which violate federal guidelines for tobacco labeling and marketing. Jameson Rodgers is with one of the companies, California-based NEWhere, Inc. He said its products are only for adults who want to switch to vaping from traditional cigarettes, which he says are less healthy. The FDA targeted its e-liquid called One Mad Hit Juice Box. Rodgers said the company voluntarily removed it from distribution last year.

JAMESON RODGERS: We definitely didn't intend to position it as a product that would appeal to anybody that wasn't of legal smoking age.

DALEY: Though he admits it might have been confusing for kids. Ray Story is CEO of an industry trade group based in Georgia called the Tobacco Vapor¹² Electronic Cigarette Association. Story says he welcomes the federal agency crackdown on what he calls fly-by-night companies targeting minors.

RAY STORY: Really, would you buy a product to vape with the name Dancing Monkey or Cotton Candy? And at the end of the day, we're trying to create products that have the ability to compete against big tobacco.

DALEY: Last week, the FDA went after the e-cigarette brand Juul and some retail⁶ stores for marketing to minors. The companies targeted Tuesday have 15 days to respond to either defend their practices or explain how they'll change their labeling or risk federal actions such as fines or prosecution¹³.

For NPR News, I'm John Daley.

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INSKEEP: That story is part of a reporting partnership¹⁴ with NPR, Colorado Public Radio and Kaiser Health News.

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1 smokers   

吸烟者( smoker的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily. 许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Chain smokers don't care about the dangers of smoking. 烟鬼似乎不在乎吸烟带来的种种危害。

2 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 minors   

n.未成年人( minor的名词复数 )；副修科目；小公司；[逻辑学]小前提v.[主美国英语]副修，选修，兼修( minor的第三人称单数 )

参考例句：

• The law forbids shops to sell alcohol to minors. 法律禁止商店向未成年者出售含酒精的饮料。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He had three minors this semester. 这学期他有三门副修科目。 来自《简明英汉词典》

4 marketing   

n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西

参考例句：

• They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。
• He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

5 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

6 retail   

v./n.零售；adv.以零售价格

参考例句：

• In this shop they retail tobacco and sweets.这家铺子零售香烟和糖果。
• These shoes retail at 10 yuan a pair.这些鞋子零卖10元一双。

7 retailers   

零售商，零售店( retailer的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• High street retailers reported a marked increase in sales before Christmas. 商业街的零售商报告说圣诞节前销售量显著提高。
• Retailers have a statutory duty to provide goods suitable for their purpose. 零售商有为他们提供符合要求的货品的法定义务。

8 commissioner   

n.（政府厅、局、处等部门）专员，长官，委员

参考例句：

• The commissioner has issued a warrant for her arrest.专员发出了对她的逮捕令。
• He was tapped for police commissioner.他被任命为警务处长。

9 lollipop   

n.棒棒糖

参考例句：

• The child put out his tongue and licked his lollipop.那孩子伸出舌头舔着棒棒糖。
• I ate popcorn,banana and lollipop.我吃了爆米花、香蕉和棒棒糖。

10 nicotine   

n.(化)尼古丁，烟碱

参考例句：

• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。
• Many smokers who are chemically addicted to nicotine cannot cut down easily.许多有尼古丁瘾的抽烟人不容易把烟戒掉。

11 deliberately   

adv.审慎地；蓄意地；故意地

参考例句：

• The girl gave the show away deliberately.女孩故意泄露秘密。
• They deliberately shifted off the argument.他们故意回避这个论点。

12 vapor   

n.蒸汽，雾气

参考例句：

• The cold wind condenses vapor into rain.冷风使水蒸气凝结成雨。
• This new machine sometimes transpires a lot of hot vapor.这部机器有时排出大量的热气。

13 prosecution   

n.起诉，告发，检举，执行，经营

参考例句：

• The Smiths brought a prosecution against the organizers.史密斯家对组织者们提出起诉。
• He attempts to rebut the assertion made by the prosecution witness.他试图反驳原告方证人所作的断言。

14 partnership   

n.合作关系，伙伴关系

参考例句：

• The company has gone into partnership with Swiss Bank Corporation.这家公司已经和瑞士银行公司建立合作关系。
• Martin has taken him into general partnership in his company.马丁已让他成为公司的普通合伙人。