Federal regulators warn nicotine gummies could kill little kids
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Nicotine gummies could be toxic and even deadly if consumed by kids under 6, warn federal regulators, who call the fruit-flavored candies a "public health crisis just waiting to happen" among American youth as a new school year begins.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday issued a first-of-a-kind warning to one maker of nicotine gummies, calling the products particularly troublesome because they resemble kid-friendly food or candy and could potentially "cause severe nicotine toxicity or even death among young children."
An FDA-funded study recently found nicotine candies to be the second-most popular tobacco product among high school students in Southern California, with e-cigarettes placing first.
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