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Utah Sen. Mitt Romney pushes, but FDA nominee won’t pledge to ban e-cigarette flavors

Despite pressure from Utah Sen. Mitt Romney and others, President Donald Trump’s pick to head the Food and Drug Administration refused Wednesday to commit to banning flavored e-cigarettes.

Instead, nominee Stephen Hahn pointed out that a final policy is under consideration and, “I don’t want to prejudge that. I don’t have all the facts that they might have.”

Hahn, an oncologist who specialized in lung cancer, agreed with members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee that the increasing numbers of children vaping and the health risks that have recently emerged are a matter of some urgency.