The FDA for the first time on Tuesday authorized an electronic cigarette to be sold in the US, a significant turn in one of the most contentious public health debates in decades. In approving a device and tobacco-flavored cartridges marketed by R.J. Reynolds under the brand name Vuse, the agency signaled that it believed that the help certain vaping devices offer smokers to quit traditional cigarettes is more significant than the risks of ensnaring a new generation.

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