Yebo.Ngo-Agasti 2016, i-FDA yelula igunya layo lokulawula ukuzei-e-cigarettesngokusebenzisa "umthetho wokucabangela."
Ngokugunyazwa kwayo ngaphansi kwe-Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), i-FDA inegunya lokuthuthukisa imithetho ebhekele ukwenziwa, ukumaketha, kanyeukudayiswa kwe-e-cigarettes.
I-FDA ayinalo igunya lokusebenzisa izinqubomgomo ezinjengokufaka i-e-cigarettesizinqubomgomo zokungabheminoma ukuphakamisa ubuncane beminyaka esemthethweni yokuthengiswa kwale mikhiqizo ngaphandle uma iCongress ikuyalela ukuba yenze njalo.Kodwa-ke, i-FSPTCA ayivimbeli izifundazwe nemiphakathi ekufakenii-e-cigaretteskuzinqubomgomo zokungabhemi noma ezilawula ukuthengiswa nokusabalalisai-e-cigarettes.Amasu anjalo angase ahlanganise ukukhushulwa okuqhubekayo kweminyaka esemthethweni esemthethweni yokuthengisa, ukunikeza abathengisi bamalayisensi, ukuphoqelela izinqubomgomo zentengo kanye nokukhawulela noma ukuvimbela ukuthengiswa kwempahla.imikhiqizo kagwayi.